The Liberal Party WA has reiterated calls for better support for businesses, following new figures by Treasury indicating that the five-day lockdown cost the state $100 million.
The state’s transitional lockdown restrictions are on track to cease from midnight tomorrow, but a 72-hour hard border with Victoria will be enforced from tonight.
Premier Mark McGowan has quashed speculation surrounding the deputy chief health officer’s decision to take leave during an investigation of the hotel quarantine breach.
More than $120 million has been spent on hotels and security companies during the past year as part of the state government's strategy for quarantining international travellers.
Opposition leader Zak Kirkup has called on the WA Labor Party to stand up and contest the state election, claiming the party believes the March poll to be done and dusted.
Health Minister Greg Hunt has downplayed concerns about the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine as medical professionals begin training to administer jabs.
Government research organisation ANSTO, Qantas and Perth Children’s Hospital have synced their operations to bring a dose of Iodine 123 from Japan to the hospital today.
In today's COVID-19 Wrap, Perth, Peel and South West regions prepare for life out of lockdown, the national cabinet meets to discuss hotel quarantine, and businesses compensated.
The cap on international travellers, the efficacy of the hotel quarantine system and the ever-changing risks posed by the coronavirus were discussed at the national cabinet meeting.
The Liberal Party has criticised the state government’s $500 credit for small businesses affected by the five-day lockdown, saying it falls well short.
Premier Mark McGowan has confirmed Western Australia recorded no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 overnight, giving the green light to transition out of the five-day lockdown.
From 6pm tomorrow, several of WA’s COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted as part of the state’s transition out of the five-day lockdown, but masks will remain mandatory.
In today's COVID-19 Wrap, WA records its fourth day with no new locally acquired cases, State Disaster Council set to meet and the vaccine rollout on track for February.
Mark McGowan will need more than high iron ore prices, federal sugar-hits and COVID-stimulus packages if he wins re-election in March, writes Josh Adamson.
Opposition leader Zak Kirkup has demanded the state government reveal how it plans to ease the restrictions beyond tomorrow, saying the lack of clarity had caused chaos and confusion.
Western Australia’s five-day lockdown restrictions are on track to be eased at 6pm tomorrow after the state recorded no new locally acquired cases today.
WA’s five-day lockdown has won the endorsement of an academic whose modelling was instrumental to the state government’s much-lauded initial response to COVID-19.
Western Australia has not recorded any new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 for the fourth consecutive day, federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has revealed.
The state government will soon install 10, solar-powered hand sanitiser dispensers across WA as part of a $1.5 million deal with Henderson-based outfit Matrix Composites & Engineering.
Swan Taxis has formed a partnership with Lifeline WA to train drivers as ‘accidental counsellors’ and help them talk to passengers who may be distressed.
