Bill Tilley is pushing for an imminent lifting of economy destroying stage three restrictions in COVID-free North East Victoria amid fears they will be extended to include upcoming school holidays.
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The member for Benambra said instead of lasting longer, they should be eased in conjunction with border crossing restriction changes to be announced by the NSW government later this week.
Mr Tilley said stage three restrictions cannot last a day more than the present Victorian shutdown end date of September 13.
But in response to local government areas in his electorate including Wodonga, Towong and Indigo with zero active cases, there was a strong argument for an amendment to the public health order to ease stage three restrictions in border communities when NSW makes its promised tweaks.
Mr Tilley said the city-centric approach from Premier Daniel Andrews was destroying regional areas.
"Increasingly I fear that we will have another three weeks added to the restrictions to take in the school holidays and further penalise our businesses and small towns."
Business Wodonga chairman Graham Jenkin said stage three restrictions had to be lifted in virus-free country areas as soon as possible
"It's overkill at the moment," he said.
"We've got no active cases and haven''t had for a while.
"Given the freedom happening in Albury and no new cases developing there, why shouldn't we have the same freedoms this side of the river?"
The case for easing restrictions locally is bolstered by Victorian case numbers consistently dropping below the number they were when Mr Andrews, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Prime Minister Scott Morrison jointly agreed to shut the NSW-Victoria border on July 8.
The closure date figure was 134 and in the last four days they have been 113, 113, 94 and 114.
Mr Andrews said on Sunday it was still early to present a roadmap out of present restrictions.
"The most detailed plan as soon as I can possibly provide it will be provided to every single Victorian," he said.
Meanwhile, North East upper house member Tania Maxwell said she remained in the dark on negotiations over the length of the Victorian state of emergency.
Ms Maxwell took to social media at the weekend to state the Justice Party was not a signatory to a reported deal.
"We're trying to have some of those conversations and find out where everyone is sitting," she said.
"The government has not been able to give us a plan.
"Are they going to separate the regions?
"Until I'm better informed all I can commit to now is we will oppose the current bill which states 12 months."
Mr Andrews said there had been "productive dialogue" with crossbenchers continuing ahead of Parliament sitting on Tuesday to vote on extending emergency provisions.