VICTORIA-NSW BORDER CLOSURE
* The border will close from 11.59pm Tuesday night to all Victorians
* Police and health officials are already on the border stopping anyone arriving from Melbourne
* No timeframe for how long the closure will last
* 55 border crossings will be affected - including 33 bridges and two waterway crossings
* First 72 hours will be difficult but not impossible to make the crossing
* Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and NSW Premier Gladys Berejikilian agreed the measure on July 6.
* Border will be enforced from the NSW side by police, Australian Defence Force personnel and emergency services
* Drones and aerial surveillance will be used to stop people swimming across rivers or trekking through bushland
* Permit system will be used for people with unavoidable travel to NSW
* Permits can be applied for online via Services NSW, but it may take three days to get the system in place
* People living in border towns will be able to travel for work and essential health services
* Specific arrangements will be set up for healthcare in Albury-Wodonga - Victoria runs the Albury Hospital even though it is located in NSW
* Permits and exemptions will be available for hardship cases
* There will still be some flights and passenger trains for hardship cases and returning NSW residents
* NSW residents should not go to Victoria in the next 24-48 hours before the border closure
* People with any symptoms should get tested.
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