NSW records zero new COVID-19 cases for second consecutive day as Gladys Berejiklian takes swipe at Victoria

Gladys Berejiklian says she doesn’t understand Victoria’s traffic light system for hotspots.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has taken a swipe at Victoria’s border restrictions, as her state recorded a second consecutive day with no locally acquired COVID-19 cases.

Victoria eased some restrictions on travel from NSW at 6.00pm yesterday, but still rates 10 Sydney local government areas (LGAs) as “red zones” on its traffic-light border control system announced earlier this month.

“First of all, I don’t really understand the traffic-light system, I just want to make that clear,” she said.

“Second of all, I would have liked to have seen that decision taken a long time ago.”

Ms Berejiklian said Victoria’s restrictions meant around 1 million people in Sydney would still not be able to travel south.

“There is currently no part of Australia that is a hot spot,” she said.

“Therefore there should be no border that is closed to Australian citizens.”

Yesterday the Victorian Government downgraded its border restrictions for those in the Blue Mountains, Wollongong and all but 10 LGAs in Sydney, including Blacktown, Parramatta and Inner West.

This morning the Australian Capital Territory announced it was no longer considering the northern beaches a hotspot, but would keep restrictions in place for the same 10 LGAs as Victoria.

The Premier said border closures were “a really big deal”.

“I say to all of my colleagues, please base your decisions on the science and the facts,” she said.

ABC