Albury Wodonga mayors grapple with border closure decision
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Albury Mayor Kevin Mack says while the regions are being "unfairly discriminated against" when it comes to battling COVID-19, he supports the decision taken by the NSW and Victorian governments to close the border between them.
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.
Mr Mack told Sky News while the decision will inconvenience his community, health concerns must come first.
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