Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he understands people’s frustration with coronavirus border closures as long queues form at the New South Wales-Queensland border but respects the decisions of state and territory leaders. A flurry of new border restrictions in recent days has brought long queues of travellers heading from NSW to Victoria following outbreaks in Sydney and Melbourne. “As much as we would like there to be greater consistency across all of these things, we must respect their jurisdictional authority,” Mr Morrison told reporters on Friday. “They are ultimately responsible for what would happen in their state if there were to be an outbreak in their state. “As prime minister, I do respect that,” he said. Western Australia has re-established its hard border with Victoria, which has recorded eight cases linked to an outbreak in the past two days. Victoria will put up a hard border to all NSW …
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