Opinion

Australia's mishmash of COVID-19 border closures is confusing, inconsistent and counterproductive

By Catherine Bennett
Updated January 7 2021 - 7:38am, first published 5:35am
Police at an ACT border checkpoint on the Federal Highway. Picture: Matt Loxton
Police at an ACT border checkpoint on the Federal Highway. Picture: Matt Loxton

If you live in the northern part of Sydney's Northern Beaches, the epicentre of one of two current COVID outbreaks in NSW, you can't currently cross any state borders. Instead, you're confined to the local area for all but essential reasons.

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