MIXED messaging over the border closure with South Australia needs to end.

Member for Mildura Ali Cupper has implored the Victorian and South Australian governments to work closer together on the issue with the intention of opening the border as soon as possible.

“Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has twice mentioned in the past few days that he expects the borders with NSW and SA to be open to regional Victorians soon, and that he would be speaking with the Premiers of those States this week about the issue,” Ms Cupper said.

“But then you’ve had a South Australian Government ‘spokeswoman’ on Saturday saying opening the border to Victoria was not imminent.

“Our border communities and the Mildura electorate as a whole needs more certainty and clarity on this issue. The border needs to reopen to regional Victoria.

“I would be imploring Mr Andrews to urge NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and SA Premier Steven Marshall to open their borders, as soon as this week.

“On Saturday it will be seven months since SA closed its border with Victoria and the ever-changing nature of the exemptions for border communities since then has been a burden on everyday life.

“Added to that, we continue to lobby on behalf of many people who have been denied a permit to enter SA for medical or education reasons.

“If NSW and SA continue to keep their borders closed to regional Victorians, they must release the specific health advice being used to justify their decisions.”

The SA transition committee is due to meet again on Tuesday morning.