On Thursday, when asked if the closures could stay in place until the new year NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said it would take a “courageous” person to predict too far ahead.
“We are taking all the opportunities to plan ahead. We are always hopeful and optimistic,” she said.
“I remember getting criticised when we closed the Victorian border because I'd waited too long and now, I'm getting criticised that the border is there at all.
“I've accepted and acknowledged, in a pandemic, I'll never be able to please everybody all the time.
“The issues are evolving. What was an issue on day one is now different. I'm confident that moving forward we'll continue to address those issues (surrounding cross-border health care and agriculture).
“But I'm much happier having this conversation than a conversation which was talking about the virus seeping into regional New South Wales.”
Ms Berejiklian also hinted there could be further changes to the border system if the need arose.
“We've been managing the situation as best we can,” she said.
“We've already made a number of improvements to make sure people are accessing essential services and making sure that, in particular, our agriculture and farming communities have access to workers.
“If there's further we need to do, we will.”
Meanwhile, Deputy Premier John Barilaro said he would push for the border to be reopened should Victoria’s cases continue to reduce.
“If Victoria's number continues to decline and we get them under a 100 in the next few weeks, I would argue that the border should be lifted,” he said.
“You could almost lift the restrictions this side of Christmas, I don’t believe we should be having the border closed anywhere beyond this side of Christmas.”
Ms Berejiklian also said she was finalising a package to help small businesses in border communities.
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