NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian had resisted calls for weeks to close the state's borders, but she said her stance changed on Monday because the circumstances in Victoria had also changed
Victoria's increase in local transmission connected to known outbreaks and community transmission from unknown sources is in stark contrast to the situation in the rest of the country, where returned travellers continue to make up the bulk of new COVID-19 cases.
"We are increasingly seeing [new cases] in outbreaks … we know where they occur and we know how to manage and control them," he said.
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