Mrs Dalton said she would ask Prime Minister Scott Morrison to consider the approach following the closure of the NSW-Victoria border.
She is also seeking financial support for those businesses and communities who have been impacted.
“State governments will destroy border communities if they continue to implement rushed, confusing, ad hoc border closures over the next few years,” Mrs Dalton said.
“We need the Federal Government to intervene to provide consistent rules around state border closures, rules which protect border communities.
“At the moment, state governments are throwing rural residents under the bus every time there’s a COVID outbreak in a capital city.
“The Federal Government should establish nationwide standards, which provide clear trigger points on border closures, notice periods, a user-friendly exemption system and proper staffing of border checkpoints and helplines.”
Mrs Dalton’s electorate includes more than 1000km of border with Victoria.
She said the Victorian Government’s sudden decision to close the border with NSW on New Year’s Eve caused chaos for border residents in her electorate.
“How do tens of thousands of cars rushing towards the Victorian border enhance public safety?” Mrs Dalton asked.
“We haven't even recovered from the NSW Government’s border closure, then we were hit with this.
“It’s ironic on the day Scott Morrison celebrated Australia as the ‘we are one’ nation, state governments were putting up barriers and dividing families.”
Mrs Dalton said the latest border closure was devastating for tourism operators in border towns.
“Hotels and clubs in towns like Moama lost all their clients in one day,” she said.
“As NSW and Victoria blame each other, who do these businesses appeal to for compensation?
“The Federal Government needs to step in with financial packages.
“If not, many border towns will turn into ghost towns.”
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