NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has issued a stern warning to border communities to not travel outside of their regions, and for people not to come into border areas.

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Ms Berejiklian said that it was "highly probable" people from the Border could cause a spike in NSW if they travelled outside of the Albury-Wodonga region, and that her government was prepared to make things harder for people to move across the border.

Later, a peak business body has called for the immediate cancellation of the Victoria-NSW border closure as Albury-Wodonga residents encounter massive delays on day one of the major operation.

The Australian Industry Group believes the decision taken by the Victorian government to lockdown Melbourne for six weeks from midnight last night meant border closures were no longer needed.

It argues the border closure put in place on Monday to prevent the spread of coronavirus from the city is an unnecessary duplication at a time when regional businesses had only just started the rebuild from earlier shutdowns.

While Wodonga mayor Anna Speedie said she had relayed community concerns about initial border closure arrangements to two Victorian Government ministers, Jaclyn Symes and Jacinta Allan.

"Unfortunately today started off as we expected with complete frustration and chaos," she said.

"We absolutely need to find solutions because this is absolutely untenable for our community."

We'll keep you up to date with information as it comes to hand throughout today.

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