{"id":8245,"date":"2020-09-18T05:22:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T05:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=8245"},"modified":"2020-09-18T05:22:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T05:22:47","slug":"operation-border-closure-continues-at-nsw-victoria-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/09\/18\/operation-border-closure-continues-at-nsw-victoria-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation Border Closure continues at NSW\/Victoria border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A large-scale police operation is continuing along the NSW\/Victoria border, with police facilitating the safe movement of more than two million vehicles into NSW.<br \/>\nSince midnight on Wednesday 8 July 2020, thousands of police officers from across the state have been deployed to support border crossings between NSW and Victoria.<br \/>\nThe Public Health (COVID-19 Border Control) Amendment Order (No 6) 2020, under section 7 of the Public Health Act 2010, stipulates that border region residents can travel within the border region for any reason with a valid permit as of 12.01am yesterday (Thursday 17 September 2020).<br \/>\nThe border resident permit now excludes the \u2018permitted purpose\u2019 clause, giving border residents the flexibility to move between border communities for any reason. Existing border region permits will remain the same and there is no need for residents to apply for a new permit.<br \/>\nThe changes to the order also allows for recreational activities on the Murray River for border region residents with a current permit.<br \/>\nThe Border Region has also been extended to approximately 50km on either side of the border. The new zone can be viewed online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.service.nsw.gov.au\/border-zone-address-check\">https:\/\/www.service.nsw.gov.au\/border-zone-address-check<\/a>.<br \/>\nOperation Border Closure Forward Commander, Superintendent Paul Smith, said police will continue to work with local communities to keep both sides of the border safe.<br \/>\n\u201cThe changes to the orders are certainly good news for our border communities,\u201d Supt Smith said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe aim of this operation has always been to keep NSW safe, while minimising disruptions to the daily lives of our border communities.<br \/>\n\u201cPolice will continue to enforce all ministerial directions in order to protect our health and wellbeing, but we do rely on community support and compliance.<br \/>\n\u201cI would like to extend my thanks to our border communities for their patience and compliance during these times,\u201d Supt Smith said.<br \/>\n<strong><em>For more information about exemptions or to apply for a permit, please visit:<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.service.nsw.gov.au\/transaction\/apply-covid-19-nsw-border-entry-permit\"><strong><em>https:\/\/www.service.nsw.gov.au\/transaction\/apply-covid-19-nsw-border-entry-permit<\/em><\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><em>Anyone who has information regarding individuals or businesses in contravention of a COVID-19-related ministerial direction is urged to contact Crime Stoppers:<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au\/\"><strong><em>https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report crime via NSW Police social media pages.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large-scale police operation is continuing along the NSW\/Victoria border, with police facilitating the safe movement of more than two million vehicles into NSW. Since midnight on Wednesday 8 July 2020, thousands of police officers from across the state have been deployed to support border crossings between NSW and Victoria. The Public Health (COVID-19 Border &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/09\/18\/operation-border-closure-continues-at-nsw-victoria-border\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Operation Border Closure continues at NSW\/Victoria border&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}