NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet tweaks NSW roadmap to freedom in further blow for Victorians

The worst fears of Victorian border residents have been realised with incoming NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet confirming tweaks to his state's roadmap after hitting the 70 per cent double dose target.

They include 10 visitors to a home, previously five, lifting the cap on outdoor gatherings to 30 people from 20 and increasing the cap for weddings and funerals to 100 people from 50.

Indoor pools will also re-open in NSW for swimming lessons, squad training, lap swimming, and rehab.

Presently, Victorian regional pubs, cafes and restaurants can still only have 10 people seated indoors and 30 outside with only, but in Albury they have more with one person per four square metres indoors and one person per two square metres outdoors since reopening a fortnight ago.

Visitors to your home are off-limits until the 80 per cent double dose target is hit sometime in November when you can have 10.

Outdoor gatherings are presently limited to 10, but will rise to 20 at 70 per cent double dosed and 30 at 80 per cent double dosed.

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Funerals are limited to 20 people and weddings capped at 10 before significant changes are made at 80 per cent double dosed.

Wodonga Sports and Leisure Centre's indoor pool is shut, but WAVES outdoor pool is open despite changerooms being closed.

Wodonga's Huon Hill Tavern owner Bill Perry said the city's proximity to Albury where there were more freedoms reinforced the current imbalance faced by business owners.

"If Albury wasn't next door, the community would be none the wiser," he said.

"Taxis are doing a roaring business taking people across to Albury since they opened up.

"The things that really hurt you are the functions.

"It's alright to have a roadmap, but Victoria is absolutely hamstrung and you can see that with NSW right next door.

"To run your business, to run three or four chefs, three or four front of house staff, 30 people doesn't do it."

Business Wodonga chief executive Graham Jenkin said the gap between the two states would begin to hit home harder from Monday.

"It is disappointing for Victoria, particularly Wodonga, when across the river in Albury they have these new freedoms which were already better than what we have," he said.

"All (Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews) has promised us is we will have 30 people at our homes for Christmas.

"It's going to be a long couple of months until Victoria gets its vaccinated rates up."

The Victorian Opposition on Thursday called on the government to dump the present caps and return to density limits in place in NSW and adopted coming out of previous state lockdowns.

"Hospitality businesses are on their knees and they are desperate for an alternative vision," Gaming and Liquor Regulation Shadow Minister Steph Ryan said.

"Density limits are well understood by industry and they've operated with them before.

"Patron caps are completely unworkable."

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