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WA surgery freeze as COVID-19 surge looms

Some non-urgent elective surgeries will be delayed in Western Australia as the state prepares for a steep rise in COVID-19 infections.

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Everything you need to know about WA's rules on COVID-19 close contacts, isolation and testing

New rules for close contacts and isolation in WA are in place from today, as the state tries to limit the spread of Omicron while keeping the economy going. Here's everything you need to know.

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Mark McGowan says WA COVID spread means new quarantine rules will kick in Tuesday

WA Premier Mark McGowan announces new definitions and protocols for close contacts of COVID cases in Western Australia will kick in on Tuesday as Omicron continues to spread through the community.

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WA to slash quarantine as Omicron spreads

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan insists he has not bowed to industry pressure by agreeing to halve isolation periods for COVID-infected people.

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COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in the one place

Get up to speed on all the coronavirus news from across Australia.

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WA holds the key to Australia’s emissions goals. Can a government so committed to gas deliver?

Environmentalists fear premier could legislate away regulations and undo progress toward net zero at the stroke of a pen

The Guardian - AU

WA announces 25 new local COVID-19 cases as border eases, but many families remain separated

As some families are reunited in Western Australia under relaxed compassionate leave grounds, others remain separated by the state's hard border.

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WA's travel rules ease from today, so what's changing and will my G2G application be approved?

When WA's Premier pushed out the state's complete reopening indefinitely, he also announced more people would be allowed into the state, so what's changing and who is likely to make it in?

ABC News

Victoria reports 41 Covid deaths, Qld 21 and NSW 18; anti-vaxxers protest in Canberra – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in the one place — as it happened

Get up to speed on all the coronavirus news from across Australia.

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Qantas chief Alan Joyce takes aim at Mark McGowan over his border backflip as WA records 18 new COVID cases

Qantas chief executive likens fortress Western Australia to North Korea, warning the state will remain shut "indefinitely" until it has a plan to live with COVID.

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Qantas boss Alan Joyce compares Western Australia border restrictions to North Korea

Chief executive takes a swipe at state premier Mark McGowan saying: ‘I think we should all be a bit outraged by it’

The Guardian - AU

WA is a giant COVID lab experiment, a massive petri dish primed to shatter

Establishing itself as a hermit kingdom to protect itself from the pandemic may have served WA well. But it can’t stay immune forever.

Crikey

Morrison backs McGowan, bows to the grim political reality in WA

Why did Scott Morrison, once the scourge of closed borders, laud Mark McGowan’s decision to keep WA isolated? As always with the PM, it’s politics.

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COVID updates: All the coronavirus news you need in the one place — as it happened

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WA records 19 new COVID cases as school cluster concerns grow, but isolation rules to stay for now

Premier Mark McGowan insists the state will not be changing its strict isolation rules at present as another Perth school grapples with a positive case.

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Albanese demands Colbeck ‘resign today’ as nation records 82 Covid deaths – as it happened

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Rio Tinto review into sexual assault, harassment sparks WA Premier's warning for mining industry

Mark McGowan urges the mining industry to take action in the wake of a report commissioned by Rio Tinto that revealed widespread experiences of sexism, sexual harassment and assault.

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COVID-19 hits Harrisdale High, Corpus Christi and Winterfold Primary as Omicron outbreak grows

A third Perth school records a case of COVID-19 just three days into the school year, with hundreds of students and dozens of staff ordered to isolate as the state records 17 new local cases.

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University students 'scrambling' to get into WA as McGowan government imposes tight deadline

International students wanting to study in Western Australia have been told to touch down in Australia by Saturday in a move the state opposition says is creating "chaos and confusion" for the $2 billion industry.

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Mark McGowan has doubled down on WA's hard border — but with rising COVID cases, it may not last

The WA Premier appears hesitant to set a new reopening date after his last-minute border backflip. But as concerns mount over booster vaccinations waning, it may prove hard to delay for long.

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Western Australia's rules on COVID-19 close contacts, isolation and testing will change. This is what that means

As Western Australia's COVID-19 Omicron outbreak continues to grow, rules surrounding close contacts, isolation and testing protocols are about to change once the state reaches a "high caseload". This is what we know so far.

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Fourteen new COVID-19 cases in WA as Mark McGowan unveils future contact and isolation rules

As WA records 14 new local infections, Premier Mark McGowan reveals casual contacts won't need to get tested and isolation periods for COVID cases will reduce when the state reaches an as-yet-undefined caseload.

ABC News

New COVID-19 close contact and isolation rules to be unveiled by WA Premier Mark McGowan

New definitions and protocols around close contacts and isolation requirements are set to be announced by the Premier as businesses struggle to operate while WA comes to grips with Omicron in the community.

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At least 98 deaths on nation’s deadliest day – as it happened

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