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WA to finally reopen borders from March 3

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has announced the state will reopen its borders from March 3 as its Omicron outbreak continues to grow.

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WA Premier Mark McGowan attended a COVID-19 spreader event at a Fremantle pub, but has tested negative

Mark McGowan says he was at a large function last week after which nine people subsequently tested positive for COVID-19, as Western Australia sets a new daily record for cases of the virus.

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WA premier's virus scare as pub exposed

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has narrowly avoided having to go into quarantine after COVID-19 spread through a brewery he attended.

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Omicron reaches WA prison, 115 new cases

Western Australia's daily local COVID-19 caseload has reached triple figures for the first time with 115 new infections, and at least 32 schools exposed.

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WA records 115 new local COVID cases amid escalating Omicron outbreak

The number of new locally acquired COVID cases escalates as Premier Mark McGowan comes under sustained pressure to announce a date for the state to reopen, and defence force personnel are stationed outside a Perth nursing home.

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Clive Palmer tells defamation trial he feared Mark McGowan had 'licence to kill' under legislation

Testifying in the Federal Court where he and the WA Premier are suing each other for defamation, mining magnate Clive Palmer says he believed Mark McGowan could kill him without being prosecuted.

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Rapid test shortage is over: officials

Leading health officials have told a Senate estimates hearing supplies of rapid antigen tests are now plentiful, after widespread shortages during summer.

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WA law gave 'licence to kill': Palmer

Businessman Clive Palmer has told a court he was scared for his safety after the WA government passed legislation relating to his iron ore project.

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Legalise Cannabis MP Sophia Moermond suspended from WA parliament over vaccine mandate

A West Australian MP for the Legalise Cannabis Party is suspended from WA Parliament after a motion is passed requiring proof of vaccination as Mark McGowan announces a broad parliamentary agenda.

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'War' claim in Palmer, McGowan stoush

Lawyers for businessman Clive Palmer and WA Premier Mark McGowan have argued about the meanings of statements by both men in defamation proceedings.

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Mark McGowan flags WA border opening decision this month amid 48 new local COVID-19 cases

Mark McGowan says an announcement on WA's border reopening will be made sometime this month as the state records 62 new COVID-19 cases, with 48 of them locally acquired.

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Expert calls on Mark McGowan to reopen WA border amid 'public indifference' to COVID-19

West Australians are warned they have become too used to living behind a COVID-free border despite a new high in local cases, with a public policy expert urging the government to set a new reopening date — and stick to it.

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WA soon set to make Australia whole again

WA Premier Mark McGowan says an announcement on the reopening date of the state's hard border will be made by the end of the month.

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Clive Palmer vs Mark McGowan defamation trial begins in Federal Court

Federal Court defamation proceedings between Clive Palmer and Mark McGowan get underway in Sydney, as the court is shown videos of press conferences in which the Premier calls the billionaire "selfish" and says he is "the enemy of the state".

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WA has 62 new cases, more aged care spread

More than half of eligible West Australians have received their third vaccine dose as the state posts a record 62 local COVID-19 cases.

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Sydney news: NSW Labor calls for toll signs to be installed on roads

MORNING BRIEFING: The NSW Opposition is calling for toll signs to be installed to inform motorists of how much they will pay and how much time they will save, when using a specific toll road.

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COVID vaccine mandate deflection as Morrison faces confidence low

Ten thousand people marched to Parliament House in Canberra at the weekend – but that wasn't the only sign confidence in the Morrison government's

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Palmer, McGowan court stoush gets underway

Businessman Clive Palmer is expected to tell a court that statements made by West Australian Premier Mark McGowan had a "real and serious impact" on him.

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WA records 38 cases, restrictions likely

WA Premier Mark McGowan has warned restrictions will come in as COVID-19 cases increase and the state's residents are advised to get PCR tests over RATs.

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Outbreak of COVID-19 linked to Bentley aged care grows to 17, while cases detected at two other facilities

A COVID-19 outbreak linked to a Perth aged care home grows to 17, while cases have also been detected at two aged care centres in Mandurah.

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Uncertainty over jobs data due to Omicron as nation records at least 47 virus deaths – as it happened

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How South Australia might inform Western Australia's border reopening

As Western Australians wonder how the state's eventual border reopening might unfold, pundits often draw on the South Australian experience. But how comparable are the states and what bearing did SA have on Premier Mark McGowan's call to indefinitely delay the border opening?

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