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Western Australia is reopening to the world. These are the rules you'll need to follow

Western Australia's March 3 reopening comes with restrictions designed to minimise a growing Omicron outbreak, so how exactly will it work?

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Victoria records 20 Covid deaths, NSW 12 and Qld 10 – as it happened

Western Australia premier says he will spend week in hotel quarantine to avoid perceptions he will benefit from timing of border reopening; SA election campaign officially begins. This blog is now closed

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Western Australia to open borders on 3 March after two years

‘This next step will be difficult for many,’ says WA premier

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Border timing coincidence, WA premier says

Western Australia's number of active COVID-19 infections has risen to 877, with Premier Mark McGowan saying he intends to quarantine after the state reopens.

AAP

Covid: South Korea reports more than 100,000 new cases for first time – as it happened

Latest updates: south Korean case numbers have risen in recent weeks due to Omicron

The Guardian - UK

Western Australia to reopen 3 March to triple-vaccinated travellers

‘There comes a point where the border is ineffective when you get to high case numbers within the state,’ premier Mark McGowan says

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WA border opening date is March 3, as Mark McGowan announces new COVID restrictions

Just one month after delaying WA's border opening, Premier Mark McGowan has set a new date for when the state will finally reconnect with the rest of the world while announcing new restrictions to limit the spread of Omicron.

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WA records highest-ever daily COVID tally as parliament faces virus scare

Western Australia's daily COVID case numbers tally continues to break records as the state's parliament faces a virus scare.

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Hermit kingdom no longer: Western Australia to open borders after two years

Western Australia, the mining-heavy state that has held firm on strict borders controls for two years, said it will be reopening to triple vaccinated visitors after deciding it can cope with the Omicron outbreak.

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Warning WA border opening will not bring quick fix to labour shortages as COVID-19 cases rise

Staffing has been a problem for Sam Kaye at Daisies cafe in recent months, with close contact cases almost leaving him unable to open earlier this week. But there are warnings the eventual border reopening will not attract workers to WA like he hopes.

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ACT to ease Covid restrictions; Bob Katter decries ‘super sneaky’ passing of firearms bill – as it happened

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Youth detention in WA 'unsafe, inhumane'

Staff of Western Australia's only youth prison are called for some detainees to be moved to an adult jail amid safety concerns.

AAP

Fake COVID-19 vaccination certificates used by Australians to beat mandates and enter venues

Unvaccinated Australians are using fake certificates to gain entry to venues the government banned them from at the beginning of this month.

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Patients forced to relocate thousands of kilometres from home as dialysis chairs sit unused

Richard Kanari left his job in the Northern Territory and moved to Western Australia to be near ailing wife Kathryn, one of the many being treated at kidney clinics far from home.

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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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Australia’s unemployment rate steady at 4.2% but Omicron hits hours worked

Hourly employment slumps in NSW and Victoria, down 13.5% and 13.2% respectively, while Western Australia posts 1.7% rise

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Minister asked why refugees still stuck in Park hotel if not security risks – as it happened

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COVID exposure sites confirmed in Great Southern after Darkan Sheepfest

Regional towns in southern Western Australia have been confirmed as potential COVID-19 exposure sites following an annual sheep festival held at the weekend.

AAP

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.

AAP

WA freight 'backlog' as rail link restored

The key freight link between Western Australia and the eastern states has been restored but supermarket shelves won't be restocked overnight.

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WA border reopening date expected soon

Western Australia's premier says a new border reopening date will be announced in the next two weeks as the state records 48 new local COVID-19 cases.

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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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Qantas to continue its Darwin to London service until June as WA border remains closed

Qantas will continue to run direct daily flights between Darwin and London until at least the end of June amid ongoing uncertainty about the reopening of the border to Western Australia.

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WA reports 62 new local COVID-19 cases, another daily record, despite 'low' testing numbers

Another 62 locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 are recorded in Western Australia, along with 13 cases linked to interstate travel, despite just 4,351 people being swabbed at PCR clinics yesterday.

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