Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall has implored that the Queensland Premier reconsider the current border zone, following the closure of the Queensland border on Saturday.
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Mr Marshall last week slammed the closure, requesting that the designated border zone be changed prior to the new restrictions coming in on Saturday, August 8.
Yet to receive a response from the Queensland government, Mr Marshall has again written to Premier Anastasia Palaszczuk, requesting that North Star be included in the Queensland/NSW Border Postcode zone.
He is also asking that the border zone be reconsidered along Local Government Area boundaries rather than postcodes - specifically to include the Moree Plains, Gwydir, Inverell and Tenterfield local government areas.
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"I have written again to the Queensland Premier, imploring her government reconsider the current definition and scope of its 'border zone', which is hurting hundreds of local residents who rely on entering Queensland for basic and essential health and education services and for work and groceries," he said.
"While I absolutely understand and respect the Queensland government's desire to protect its state and citizens from the deadly virus, our region is not Victoria.
"Our region's communities, which share the border with her state, have no active COVID-19 cases - and haven't for three months now."
"It is clear the actions of the Queensland government will also needlessly impact on many agricultural businesses, which are fast approaching harvest and are riding on getting an income this year following the prolonged years of drought," he said.
