Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has taken a swipe at the lockdown measures implemented in New South Wales as his government tightened restrictions for people applying for permits to enter Victoria from red zones throughout Australia. ‘They’re not locked into Sydney so they must be locked out of Victoria’, Andrews said. ‘I remind you all we had a ring of steel around Melbourne last year and it didn’t just protect country Victoria, it protected the whole country.’ When asked by a reporter if he would like New South Wales to introduce a ring of steel, Andrews said ‘That’s a matter for them. I don’t want to see more cases from Sydney.’
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