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‘He has pulled the rug’: Mark McGowan’s backflip on Covid reopening splits WA

From residents stuck interstate to health workers breathing a sigh of relief and business warning of a ‘financial crisis’, reaction was swift but by no means one-way traffic

The Guardian - AU

Seven new local WA COVID-19 cases emerge as Mark McGowan defends border opening delay

Western Australia reports seven new local COVID-19 cases less than a day after the Premier delayed the state's border reopening indefinitely, with four of them not yet linked to existing cases.

ABC News

WA border opening delay disrupts travel plans for thousands as medically vulnerable back decision

Molly Richter was all set for her new life with her fiance in WA. The decision to delay WA's border reopening indefinitely has disrupted travel arrangements for thousands like her, but has also prompted support from others.

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Here's who can enter WA after February 5 and what they need to do after arriving

Premier Mark McGowan warns further restrictions will be considered as Western Australia reviews the impact on the Omicron COVID-19 variant in the eastern states.

ABC News

A divided nation: Western Australia stays shut as COVID deaths mount in east

Australia will remain a divided nation, with the vast mining state of Western Australia cancelling plans to reopen its borders on Feb. 5, citing health risks from a surge in the Omicron COVID-19 variant in eastern states.

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WA's COVID-19 border will stay shut indefinitely. What now, and when might the state reopen?

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, WA once again has been left indefinitely closed off to the rest of Australia and the globe. How did it come to this and what happens now?

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Nation records highest death toll for the pandemic following grim two weeks of rising numbers – as it happened

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COVID updates: WA Premier says border decision right call for the state — As it happened

WA Premier Mark McGowan acknowledges his decision to keep WA's borders shut "upsets some people", but says it's the right call.

ABC News

WA border closure 'failure of vaccination'

The premier's decision to leave Western Australia's borders closed has left people separated from their loved ones and businesses in a state of limbo.

AAP

Australia records deadliest pandemic day

There were 80 COVID-19 deaths reported across the country on Friday, the most in a single day since the pandemic began.

AAP

Western Australia suspends border reopening indefinitely amid Omicron spread

State had been due to open up to double-jabbed international and interstate travellers on 5 February

The Guardian - UK

Mark McGowan announces delay to WA border opening amid fears Omicron will 'cripple' state

Premier Mark McGowan's decision to delay the WA border reopening has drawn mixed reactions, with businesses describing it as "devastating", while the WA boss of the AMA says it will give hospitals time to prepare for Omicron.

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Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan calls evening COVID-19 press conference

The press conference called for 7:30pm marks the first time the Premier has addressed the state in the evening since announcing the end of a lockdown in April 2021.

ABC News

France to ease restrictions; Austrian parliament approves mandatory vaccination – as it happened

French PM says from February work from home guidance will be changed and nightclubs reopen; Austria will have Europe’s first universal jabs mandate

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Palmer and McGowan stoush set for court

Clive Palmer and WA Premier Mark McGowan are set to meet in the Federal Court in Sydney later this month with each party suing the other over defamation claims.

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