Prime Minister Scott Morrison welcomes border agriculture permit changes, but much more to be done by state premiers

Mr Morrison said on Wednesday state leaders including NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian had to get the "balance right" between the COVID-19 health fight and not destroying border economies such as Albury-Wodonga.

."The NSW government has issued a new public health directive on agricultural workers which was far more practical than the one that was in place before," he said.

"When you put a border in place it is going to raise a lot of issues, it is going to impose a lot of costs, it is going to pose a lot of disruption.

"We understand why people are doing it, but getting the balance right is the explanation the premiers need to provide."

Business NSW regional manager Andrew Cottrill hoped some border business support package would be announced as part of NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro's visit today.

But, his biggest wish was for as many people as possible to return to work.

"We need to get our border region workforce back to work," he said.

"We need those key postcodes included not only here, but right along the border to the west.

"We want measured, but rapid changes."

Mr Cottrill said he was heartened to read where Mr Barilaro wanted to make "commonsense changes".

He also hoped the Deputy Premier could provide some insight into how long the border would be closed.

Greater Hume mayor Heather Wilton said she hoped to see major towns in the shire, Culcairn and Henty included in the border region at a minimum.

"How long do they need to consider these things?" she said.

"There are a lot of people in the Culcairn, Henty areas who work in Victoria, but just can't get there.

"They come from families, who have got young children at school, mortgages like everyone else.

"There is no light at the end of the tunnel presently."

Ms Berejiklian said yesterday she was aware of the frustration building on the NSW-Victorian border.

"When you are talking about thousands of people moving across the border everyday, which we have, of course you are going to have people who live a couple of kilometres outside those border communities who want access," she said.

"This isn't a simple process."