NSW to go slow on Victoria border reopening

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New South Wales government ministers will meet tomorrow to discuss the timing of any move to re-open the border with Victoria. Some ministers have indicated that they are concerned about the robustness of Victoria’s contact tracing system and first want to see how the state handles any new COVID-19 outbreaks after lockdown restrictions are eased:

Despite pushing for the border with Queensland to reopen, the Berejiklian government is taking a “wait and see” approach to Victoria, concerned the slow re-opening is an indication that Daniel Andrews does not have full confidence in his state’s contact tracing…

Three [NSW Ministers] told The Australian they wanted to see how the Victorian Premier handled any new infections after Melbourne’s hard lockdown was lifted at midnight on Tuesday.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.