NSW COVID updates: Victoria, WA border restrictions toughen amid new cases

States are toughening their borders with New South Wales amid fears the northern beaches coronavirus outbreak in Sydney is spreading.

A meeting of the nation’s health ministers on Saturday prompted late afternoon announcements from premiers determined to prevent new shutdowns.

WA Premier Mark McGowan took the strictest approach out of the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee meeting, reimposing a “hard” border with all travellers from NSW.

Only those with exemptions – such as…