Dr Webster said while the easing of restrictions on cross-border communities was a welcome relief, people in the Mallee electorate were still being "unjustifiably restrained and effectively punished".

"(My electorate of Mallee) is 2000 square kilometres. It's over a third of the state. We have just four active cases in Mallee," she said.

"This means that the regional communities I represent across Mallee are being unjustifiably restrained and effectively punished, is how they feel.

"They are basically a buffer. We have become a buffer between Melbourne and the rest of Australia.

"This is untenable, and it is impacting the lives of individuals."

COVID-19 UPDATE:

As of Thursday afternoon, there were two active coronavirus cases in Horsham and one case each in the Central Goldfields and Mildura municipalities - all covered by the Mallee electorate.

On Tuesday, South Australian premier Steven Marshall announced a 40km buffer zone would be re-instated from Friday to allow cross-border community members some freedom of movement.

Cross-border residents are still required to apply for certain exemptions if they wish to travel further into South Australia, and must be tested for COVID-19 weekly.

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Dr Webster welcomed the Premier's "common-sense approach", but called for an outlined plan for the further easing of border restrictions and an "end to the discrimination that people in Mallee are suffering".

"We have adults who can't go to work. We have children who cannot go to school. We have nurses who cannot go and care for the sick," she said.

"We have businesses that are being decimated because of restrictions and lockdowns that are very difficult to justify in my regional electorate of Mallee."

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