Josh Frydenburgâs border embarrassment averted
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Josh Frydenberg had his own encounter with Victoriaâs âgold standardâ public health efforts on Friday night as he returned to Melbourne at the end of the sitting week.
Travellers arriving on Qantasâ QF865 at 7:40pm were amused to see Victorian border officials single out from the stream of passengers one J Frydenberg.
Their request? The Treasurerâs entry permit for Victoria.
As readers will be aware, all travellers into Victoria still require a permit which can be kept electronically or printed off. It was only earlier in the week that Frydenberg declared New South Walesâ contact tracing and pandemic management efforts to be the standard other states should set out to emulate. That message would have not gone down well with the Health Department burghers and border officials in his home state.