‘You must stay in your state’: Victoria shuts out Sydney, sends police to border

Premier Daniel Andrews has closed the border to visitors from Sydney, given Victorian residents until 11.59pm Monday to get home or face two weeks of hotel quarantine, and will establish police checkpoints along the southern side of the border for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. Throwing Christmas holiday plans into chaos, Mr Andrews has dispatched 700 police and military personnel to enforce the border lockdown, which will begin at 11.59pm on Sunday. He also requested 200 to 300 ADF troops, but Canberra sources said the Morrison government had not responded to his request on Sunday evening, and it could take two or three days to assess the need.

Apparently there are 15 new cases in NSW.