THE member for Murray, whose seat has a 500-kilometre boundary with Victoria is upset at the handling of the border blockade by NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
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Shooters, Farmers and Fishers Party MP Helen Dalton wrote a letter to Ms Berejiklian on June 26 calling for NSW to adopt border restrictions.
"Gladys doesn't really know each inch of NSW, in fact she's rarely been out here," Ms Dalton said.
"A good port of call would have been contacting MPs and councils to get some intel on what should have been done.
"This government has been ill-prepared, they've learnt nothing from the NSW-Queensland border closure.
"It's like they're beginning at the beginning again, they should have these issues resolved, if she pulled the trigger on this she should have had everything in place."
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In her letter, Ms Dalton raised concerns "as a matter of urgency" with Ms Berejiklian and deputy premier John Barillaro.
She told of a number of constituents raising concerns about tourists from Melbourne entering the area during school holidays in the wake of Victoria having had a resurgence of coronavirus cases.
"Whilst we can appreciate the revenue that this influx of travellers bring to our regional towns, the spike in COVID-19 cases in Victoria and the risk that this poses to the health and wellbeing of my constituents would be detrimental to these communities," Ms Dalton wrote.
"While we understand there are issues with closing the border, we request that the NSW government apply border restrictions that would see all travellers from Victoria provide a declaration that they do not have or show signs of COVID-19 symptoms and they must advise the address of where they will be staying in NSW."
