Shift Victorian Sports Events to NSW: Barilaro

NSW Governor David Hurley( L), NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian (M)and NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro (R)pose for a picture with on January 23, 2017 in Sydney, Australia.Daniel Munoz/Getty Images

The NSW deputy premier says he'd be more than happy for major Victorian sports events such as tennis’ Australian Open, the AFL grand final and the spring horse racing carnival to shift north of the Murray as Victoria battles its COVID-19 outbreak.

With Melbourne in stage-four lockdown and recording hundreds of new virus cases each day, John Barilaro on Aug 7 said it was important major Australian sports events took place.