State leaders resist Morrison government push to reopen borders closed by coronavirus

Australia’s tourism industry calls for a nationally coordinated plan and says ‘the states have to get on board’

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First it was schools, now state borders appear as the next point of tension between the federal and state governments, as the commonwealth seeks a return to unrestricted domestic travel, while states with low rates of infection are anxious to preserve their isolation.

All states and territories except New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT have put some border restrictions in place to limit coronavirus transmission, although the commonwealth insists it has never recommended closing state borders.

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