Western Sydney mayors are calling for an apology and a parliamentary inquiry into how lockdowns were managed through the height of this year's COVID outbreak with correspondence showing tighter restrictions did not form part of the health advice.

Residents of Sydney's former 12 local government areas of concern were subjected to tighter restrictions and a heavy police presence compared to the rest of the city, but that was not the health advice provided by the state's Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant, according to an email released under a parliamentary order.

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