Scott Morrison backs Victoria, Western Australia, NSW border closures

Scott Morrison says he respects the decisions of state and territory leaders to shut their borders but understands why people have been left frustrated.

Travellers heading from NSW to Victoria have been caught up in traffic bottlenecks as they try to cross the border before the southern state locks out its northern neighbour from midnight on Friday.

There have been several border changes in recent days in response to COVID-19 clusters in Sydney and Melbourne.

“As much as we would like there…