Securing NSW Vic border ‘one of the largest police operations undertaken’
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NSW Police Minister David Elliott says he would expect the deployment of hundreds of officers to secure the Victorian border will be "one of the largest police operations that we've ever had to undertake".
"There will be well over 400 police from New South Wales deployed over the course of the next 72-hours to ensure that that is done," Mr Elliott told Sky News host Chris Kenny.
Victorians will be banned from entering New South Wales from 11.59pm Tuesday night as Australia's leaders desperately try to contain the latest outbreak which continues to surge.
Premier Daniel Andrews said the decision to close borders between Australia’s largest states came after a phone call between himself, the Prime Minister, and NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
The decision to close the borders coincided with Victoria recording 127 cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, with 16 detected in the public housing towers that have been locked down.
People who live on the border will be eligible for a permit if they need to travel across the border for work.
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