Aussies flee virus-hit NSW for Christmas

Australians are continuing to flee NSW in droves as those left behind prepare to learn how they’ll spend a COVID-safe Christmas.

Two days out from Christmas Day, long traffic queues are expected to again greet people entering Queensland and Victoria after both states earlier closed their borders to NSW.

There were reports of a three-hour wait for some motorists on the Hume Highway at Albury on the first day of the closure on Tuesday, while 57 vehicles containing 115 people were turned away…