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About a third of a $45 million NSW government stimulus package for businesses struggling from the Victorian border closure was taken up even after a deadline extension and a criteria expansion.
Business leaders now lobbying for a greater financial injection said many had found the size of the grants in the package insulting.
Vehicles queue to cross the NSW-Victorian border at Albury on January 1.
Credit:Jason Robins
Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley, whose Farrer electorate occupies much of the NSW-Victorian border, is urging the state to re-purpose the balance for struggling Riverina economies as a survey of Albury business operators before the latest border closure found almost half were struggling mentally.
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