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Here's how the Victoria-NSW border closure will work – and how residents might be affected

  • Written by Andrew Burridge, Lecturer in Human Geography, Macquarie University
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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced the border between his state and NSW will close after 11:59pm on Tuesday to prevent the coronavirus outbreak in Melbourne from spreading further.

It will be the first border shutdown between the two states since 1919, when the Spanish flu epidemic prompted the NSW government to close...

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