Canberra residents remain trapped on Victorian border after NSW 'reneges' on transit deal

NSW rescinds arrangement to allow residents to pass through state to return home as ACT offers to dispatch police escort

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Canberra residents remain trapped on the Victorian border after the New South Wales government reneged" on an agreement to allow them to pass through southern parts of the state to return home, and despite offers to dispatch Australian Capital Territory police to escort them back.

ACT residents have now been on the Victoria-NSW border for four days, still without any clear indication of when, or if, they will be allowed to pass through southern NSW to return home.