The Victorian government has enacted new measures to protect the state from the spread of coronavirus.
From 11:59pm  last night the Greater Sydney area and the Central Coast were designated as a ‘red zone’, meaning people who live in these communities or have visited these communities since 11 December 2020, cannot enter Victoria. Anyone from this zone found trying to enter Victoria in breach of this order will be subject to 14 day mandatory hotel quarantine. 
Victorians who have recently visited or are currently in Greater Sydney and the Central Coast, other than those in
the Northern Beaches area, will be given until 11:59pm tonight (Monday 21 December) to return home.
Those returning must register for an exemption on the Service Victoria website and then get tested within 24 hours
of returning to the state. They must then self quarantine for 14 days at home. Follow up checks will be undertaken.
The Northern Beaches area will also be elevated to a ‘hot zone’. Victorians in the Northern Beaches area remain subject to the NSW’s Chief Health Officer’s stay at home orders and will not be permitted to enter Victoria.
The rest of regional New South Wales remains a ‘green zone’ but residents in these areas will still need to apply for and receive a valid permit to enter Victoria.
Those living in local government areas along the border will not need a permit but will instead be able to use their
driver’s license as a passport to travel between Victoria and New South Wales.
The local government areas in the border zone on the Victorian side are: Towong, Alpine, Benalla, Bendigo, Buloke, Campaspe, East Gippsland, Gannawarra, Indigo, Loddon, Mildura, Moira, Shepparton, Swan Hill, Wangaratta, Wodonga and Yarriambiack.
The NSW LGAs are: Albury City, Balranald, Bega Valley, Berrigan, Broken Hill, Edward River, Federation, Greater Hume, Hay, Lockhart, Murray River, Murrumbidgee, Snowy Monaro, Snowy Valleys, Wagga Wagga, and Wentworth.