THE case for keeping the NSW-Victorian border shut is getting weaker by the day, an Albury business chief says.
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Australian Industry Group regional manager Tim Farrah said his organisation had written to NSW Premier Gladys Berejikilian on Friday arguing the border closure introduced last week should be revoked.
He said since then the lack of COVID-19 spread on the Border reinforced AIG's stand.
"We're doing more testing in Albury-Wodonga than we ever had and have still not found one more case," Mr Farrah said.
"The case for having the border closed is getting weaker and weaker every day and the cost of having the border closed is massive for the state of NSW and the cost to the community is huge.
"It's a tightrope they're walking but we need to look at evidence on a daily basis and day by day it seems the risk to NSW from Victoria is mitigated and the lack of cases in Albury-Wodonga is proving it."
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Another business group, Albury Northside Chamber of Commerce, is not formally lobbying against the closure, but is taking feedback from its members on whether they want it rescinded.
General manager Carrick Gill-Vallance said examples of its impact were being collated to show the NSW Small Business Commissioner.
"From a general perspective there was a lot of businesses baffled with the way the border closure and the Melbourne metro fencing off was carried out," he said.
"The logic of it was very hard to understand."
Meanwhile, Murray River police district chief Superintendent Paul Smith has called for altered work starts to ease delays between Albury and Wodonga in peaks.
"The best thing the community can do for us is avoid those volume times and perhaps there's even scope for business or employees in certain cases to adjust hours," he said.
Mr Gill-Vallance said firms were already coping with checkpoint delays by having more staff work from home or changing their hours.
"We've been hearing of people from offices, they may be in data entry and not needed in business hours so they can come in a couple of hours early and leave a couple of hours early," he said.
The chamber boss said a bigger issue was continued difficulty in accessing border passes, particularly for those in North East Victoria.
Member for Albury Justin Clancy said amendments to the public health order governing permits were being considered to give greater clarity.
"We need to understand that this public health order is being designed also in light of the dynamic situation across the rest of the state," Mr Clancy said.
Mr Farrah said he was aware of tradies turning back work in the North East because of the border closure and rules.