NSW/Victoria border slams shut: Cars turned away after just missing deadline
1 Jan, 2021 05:50 PM
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AP
Victoria s border with New South Wales slammed shut at midnight, barring entry to anyone who didn t make it there in time.
Vehicles arriving at border checkpoints after the deadline were turned around by police and instructed to return to NSW.
Yesterday Jeroen Weimar, the Victorian Health Department s Covid-19 response commander, justified the state s hardline stance.
NSW-Vic border tonight. Six hours to go about 20km. pic.twitter.com/AcqaG8IXmT Louise Milligan (@Milliganreports) December 31, 2020 We need to close the border, because we do not wish to continue to import high-risk Covid cases back into Victoria, Weimar said.