Unnecessary border closures causes job losses and creates hardship, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has said while criticising the actions of her interstate counterparts.
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Yesterday, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews foreshadowed border changes that would allow "greater freedom of movement".
When asked about QLD Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's desire for JobKeeper support to be extended Ms Berejiklian said the state had been hampered by its own border closure.
"The whole point that NSW has been so strong in keeping borders open within Australia is to prevent exactly what the Queensland Premier is now complaining about," she said.
"When you unnecessarily close borders you lose jobs, you create hardship, you impact people's mental health and wellbeing.
"There is no reason why certain premiers move too quickly in shutting out NSW. There is nowhere in the state that is a hot spot and even if there was why should people from other parts of the state be prevented from moving freely.
"She is now the victim of a policy she put in place herself.
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"All I say is we need to think about these issues is we need to think about compassion, we need to think about jobs, we need to think about freedoms as Australia because yes, I completely support having strong borders to Australia, But as for all of us in Australia we're all Australians and we should be able to move freely about inside our country."
Mr Andrews has indicated the vast majority of orange zones in NSW will be reclassified as green zones today.
NSW recorded its 12th consecutive day without a local COVID case. Three cases were recorded in hotel quarantine.
Mr Andrews did not say whether there would be any changes to border checkpoints as police deployment is a matter for the Chief Commissioner.
But he said "Logic tells you if we can get just about every part of the country green barring one or two areas then Victoria Police - there's going to be less of them on the border."
Earlier this morning Police Minister Lisa Neville told 3AW she was optimistic there would be changes to border restrictions.