Federal government politicians and industry leaders are calling for Mr Marshall to take the next step on opening up the border between his state and Victoria after an initial breakthrough was achieved a week ago.

Victorian-based farmers and workers who live outside the border region have been given permission to travel 100km into NSW without the ludicrous need to quarantine in Sydney for 14 days.

But NSW farm workers still can't travel beyond Victoria's border bubble limits even though Victorian coronavirus cases are on the decline.

"The Queensland government's sensible, evidence-based and locally driven decision can be replicated by other states immediately," Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said.

"My message to other states is there is no need to wait.

"I urge other jurisdictions to provide their regional communities with similar arrangements to Queensland.

"Our time critical agricultural supply chains, regional economies and livelihoods depend on urgent resolution of these border issues."

But Mr Marshall stopped short of following Queensland's lead on the Victoria-NSW border despite shearing and harvest drawing closer.

"Last week NSW introduced sensible changes to enhance the ability of agricultural workers to cross the NSW-Victoria border for work, and I am glad Queensland has followed this move," he said.

"As NSW Agriculture Minister I am now committed to making further changes to these agricultural permits to ensure our industry is able to operate unimpeded by this pandemic."

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian told Sydney media on Monday: "We are doing well as a state and this is about making sure we continue to do well, we continue to control the spreads and continue to live freely and not have those restrictions that are in place in other parts of Australia.

"We've come a long way since we closed the border some weeks ago and what we also need to acknowledge is all the seasonal adjustments.

"If you are talking agricultural communities, freight communities, every season brings new challenges and we need to adjust to that.

"We've worked very closely with those communities and made changes and made tweaks."

Brandon Symes lives south of the NSW-Victoria border, but has crops growing near Narrandera and hopes the situation can be resolved before harvest starts in October.

"We use a mechanic from Wagga on our headers and they are having trouble getting over here," he said.

Victorian Farmers Federation Wangaratta branch president Greg Mirabella said Victorian wool and grain producers were the ones who stand most at risk from continued closure.

"Shearing and grain stripping are subject to relatively tight windows, and right now we're flying a bit blind," he said.

"The border closure and its conditions are decisions made in Sydney by Sydney bureaucrats.

"I'm not sure they have an empathy or understanding of exactly how it all works."

Farrer MP Sussan Ley said urgent action was needed.

"Getting farmers and our agricultural workers across borders is crucial, and precisely why I asked both the Prime Minister and NSW Premier to discuss this at last Friday's National Cabinet," she said.

"The Queensland agreement is a great start, and I hope can be the template for a NSW-Victoria exemption as soon as possible.

"As long as those case numbers in Victoria and NSW border areas remain at zero or low, this can also clear the way for other workers from either state to move more freely through an expanded border region.

Victorian Senator Bridget McKenzie said there was no reason why NSW couldn't follow suit.

"Protecting the health of the Australian community is the No.1 priority but because of city-centric parochialism many of our farms are at a standstill and businesses are being forced to shut without the medical evidence to justify border closures, she said.

"What has been announced in Queensland is the practical and realistic approach we have been pushing for.

"There now needs to be a standard approach to inbound quarantine with stringent checks, and equivalent processing systems that will give confidence as we learn to live with the virus.

"After months of immense emotional pressure and unfair economic restrictions, COVID-19 free regional Australians need a plan."