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WA detects 13 new local COVID-19 cases

Western Australia has detected 13 locally acquired COVID-19 cases and two infections linked to travellers.

AAP

Australia records 58 Covid deaths; Hunt says ‘hoarding’ affecting rapid test shortage – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Is the sun finally setting on Australia's 'hermit kingdom'?

Two years ago, Western Australia slammed its doors shut and went in a different direction to the rest of the nation. But the sun may be setting on its days behind a hard border, despite its delayed reopening.

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Western Australia races to contain Perth Covid cluster as Greg Hunt declines to condemn border decision

New South Wales records 30 Covid deaths, Victoria 20, Queensland 10, South Australia three and Tasmania one

The Guardian - AU

Australia's Queensland state says peak of Omicron two weeks away

Australia reported 64 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday, as the most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), said the Omicron COVID-19 variant would not delay the start of the school year.

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Environmentalists vow to fight latest Kimberley fracking proposal to unearth Australia's largest oil resource

The stakes are high as an Australian company's proposal to frack onshore oil in the Kimberley is considered by Western Australia's environmental watchdog.

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WA border closures leave Ebony Anderson and Eurwyn Jones stuck in Darwin

It was supposed to be the start of a new chapter, but instead of joining their belongings in Western Australia, Ebony Anderson and Eurwyn Jones have been left stranded in Darwin.

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'Homeless and aimless': WA border stings

Karen and Mike Malherbe were supposed to move to Western Australia when borders opened next month but now face being homeless after the premier backflipped.

AAP

NSW records 30 deaths, Victoria 20, Qld 10, SA three and Tasmania one – as it happened

Australia to scrap PCR test requirement for international arrivals; Triple J counts down Hottest 100. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Australia reopening: Queensland to allow British students and working holidaymakers back in from this weekend

Western Australia has delayed any border reopening past February

The Independent UK

Qantas warns London-Perth nonstop flights could be delayed even further

‘A new hard border will be introduced from Saturday 5 February, 2022,’ says government of Western Australia

The Independent UK

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

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.

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Record-breaking Western Australia heatwave has days to run before it moves east

Perth reaches 40C for the fourth consecutive day and the ninth time this summer

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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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Perth heatwave continues with temperatures above 40 degrees expected until Sunday

Western Australia's west coast, including Perth, is sweltering through the fourth day of a heatwave that could break an all-time hot-spell record.

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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.

AAP

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

AAP

Mystery infection among new WA virus cases

Coronavirus is continuing to spread through Western Australia with several new cases believed to have been infectious in the community.

ABC News

Five new local COVID-19 cases recorded in WA as contact tracers probe mystery infection

Five new local COVID-19 cases are recorded in Western Australia, including one that is not linked to any known cases and was infectious in the community.

AAP

Avoid visa soap opera over Slater: Andrews

Unvaccinated surfing legend Kelly Slater is set to be banned from entering Australia ahead of events in Victoria and Western Australia this year.

The Guardian - UK

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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