Having already navigated five lockdowns owing to the global pandemic, Victorian operators are still impacted by evolving Border Bubble restrictions at short notice.

The co-owner of Wodonga restaurant Italy on a Plate, Pierina DeGrazia, said inconsistencies between state restrictions hit Victorian businesses hard over 18 months.

Ms DeGrazia said they had a big Albury clientele, which was cut off from them under most reincarnations of the Border Bubble.

"We're a Border community and it should be the same rules for both sides if we're in a Border Bubble," she said.

"It's breeding resentment and turning Albury and Wodonga to us against them.

"I feel for businesses in Yarrawonga-Mulwala and Echuca-Moama who are going through the same thing."

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Wodonga business Church St Hotel has reduced its operating hours this month owing to staff shortages amid the global pandemic.

It will close on Mondays throughout August.

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