'Mammoth task': Australian Defence Force to help NSW patrol Victoria border

The Australian Defence Force will assist in what Gladys Berejiklian describes as a "mammoth task" to patrol the NSW-Victoria border when it closes tonight in a bid to stem the spread of COVID-19.

A police officer stops a driver at a checkpoint at Coolangatta on the Queensland-New South Wales border. Source: AAP

The Department of Defence will help NSW Police in what Ms Berejiklian has labelled the "mammoth task" of border enforcement.

"The first of these are expected to deploy to the border to achieve the NSW government-directed border closure timings, pending finalising the agreement with NSW authorities," an ADF spokeswoman told the Daily Telegraph.

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