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WA coronavirus LIVE: AMA blasts govt decision to use private hospitals for Artania patients
AMA WA president Andrew Miller has described a decision by the state and federal governments to use private Perth hospitals for COVID-19 patients from the Artania cruise ship as 'planning on the run'.
- by Kate Hedley and Lauren Pilat
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PM announces new health package
Your COVID-19 questions answered
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Five-minute virus test gets approved
Coronavirus circulating in the US in January, Australian travel ban too late
Australia should have put a travel ban on the United States and forced return travellers into hotel quarantines in February, medical and economic experts say.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Can Australia sustain a lockdown with no end?
Many experts say a full-blown lockdown is desirable and more bearable for people than the protracted semi-shutdown we are experiencing now.
- by Michael Koziol
Coronavirus updates LIVE: UK-style wage subsidy on the way in Morrison's plan to pay workers who lose jobs
If you suspect you or a family member has coronavirus you should call (not visit) your GP or ring the national Coronavirus Health Information Hotline on 1800 020 080.
- by Laura Chung and Latika Bourke
Navigating the new rules of social distance etiquette
How do we navigate society when we can’t touch, and how can families be together while staying apart?
- by Jacqueline Maley
'Imminent' fix to welfare gap for up to 400,000 unemployed
Scott Morrison will move within days to plug a hole in the welfare system that would have seen up to 400,000 laid off during the coronavirus crisis miss out on Centrelink.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
‘Time to step up’: Calls for councils to freeze rate rises in the face of crisis
Local Government Minister David Templeman said the state government had already frozen rates, fees and charges and they were simply asking councils to do the same.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Coronavirus pandemic
Australia, a nation snap-frozen by the coronavirus pandemic
But what the country looked like only a few weeks ago won't necessarily hold during our period of enforced global isolation.
- by George Megalogenis
WA teachers sigh in relief of early school closures as some walk off the job
A WA teacher said was ridiculous schools had remained open for so long when schools worldwide had already shut, and China had welded doors closed.
- by Lauren Pilat
WA government failing to keep track of thousands in mandatory self-isolation
The number of WA people confined to their homes is expected to be in the tens of thousands, with 7,000 Australians returning to home soil on Thursday alone.
- by Heather McNeill
Virus turns New York from bustling metropolis to open-air museum
In the days before the virus, strolling down Broadway felt like swimming through a sea of people. Now it feels like wandering around a forsaken movie set.
- by Matthew Knott
Exclusive
Coronavirus pandemic
WA resources companies to stop flying NSW workers into the state from Monday
The move will impact up to 500 workers and their employment arrangements will be managed individually by their respective companies.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Claremont serial killer trial
Defence grills scientist on his knowledge of fibres
- by Heather McNeill
Detectives sifted through Jane's hair for clues in 2009
The judge-alone trial is one of the few proceedings still going ahead in the state's central law courts after jury trials were suspended amid the coronavirus outbreak.
- by Heather McNeill
Analysis
'Almost negate': Expert smashes Bradley Edwards' crucial defence tactic
After 24 days of DNA evidence being heard, it took the state’s DNA expert just two hours to pour cold water on the defence's contamination theory.
- by Heather McNeill
Western Australia
Coronavirus diaries: How a Perth woman's bland food prompted her to get tested
On Monday, Jess, a fit Perth woman in her mid-20s, was added to the growing list of WA’s confirmed COVID-19 cases.
- by Hamish Hastie
Lifeline for WA hotels that house Vasco da Gama passengers
Hotels have been thrown a lifeline in their darkest hour after plans were revealed to use them as community isolation centres.
- by David Prestipino
'I'm walking away from my income': Perth beauty industry forced to choose
New restrictions mean all beauty therapy providers – excluding health-related services and hairdressers – have been closed, leaving some businesses to decide between income and taking steps to prevent the spread of the virus.
- by Hannah Barry
Family tells of shock as 'fit, healthy, active' grandfather dies from COVID-19
“We as a family are completely devastated ... he was a very fit, healthy and active man with no known underlying health issues,” Ray Daniels' family said in a statement read by WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson.
- by Emma Young
Miles underground, sleeping at work: How WA miners try to dodge the virus
Mining sites would be a perfect breeding ground for COVID-19. But sending employees to work from home isn't an option.
- by David Stringer
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As the day unfolded: Artania passengers and crew have a friendly message for port city
- by Marta Pascual Juanola and Hamish Hastie
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FMG slashes FIFO flights to combat COVID-19 spread
"The iron ore industry and the Pilbara more broadly is the engine room of WA and Australia’s economy and it is our responsibility to make sure we have a healthy, committed workforce that allows us to continue operating during this crisis."
- by Hamish Hastie
Seven days in isolation yields an untold family love story
An early adopter of self-isolation spends a week doing things he’s been meaning to do for ages and discovers something incredible.
- by Barry Divola
Politics
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Coronavirus pandemic
UK-style wage subsidy on the way in Morrison's plan to pay workers who lose jobs
Australians who lose their jobs will be given a wage subsidy to guarantee a share of their income as the coronavirus crisis wipes out hundreds of thousands of jobs, in a government plan to be announced within days
- by David Crowe
Relief for renters and business: Sweeping debt freeze to shield Australians from economic slump
- by David Crowe and Nick Bonyhady
Business
Companies rush to register 'COVID' and 'corona' trademarks
A raft of companies have applied to register trademarks in Australia including the words "COVID", "Corona" and "Quarantine".
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
The $180 billion crisis: Landlords and franchisors need to step up
- by Adele Ferguson
Facing the threats of the virus economy, fintechs are going for broke
- by Colin Kruger and Cara Waters
World
Trump considering quarantine for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
The President said he was considering a quarantine for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, though it wasn't clear whether he had the power to order state residents to stay put.
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Forced back home: The adults now living with mum and dad again
They’re out of work, they can’t afford rent, they want to be with family – more of Australia’s adult kids are being forced to move back in with their parents.
- by Jemimah Clegg
'The honeymoon is over': Airbnbs are back up for lease as tourists disappear
Rental markets across the country have been losing housing to short-term holiday letting sites in recent years, but now many are coming back.
- by Kate Burke
Life & Culture
Three adults are not meant to be confined together. But it's comforting
My children are now permanent fixtures in my home, sitting at their computers at the kitchen table, sitting at their computers in their bedrooms, sitting at their computers on the couch, and also raiding the fridge.
- by Kerri Sackville
Music reviews: Waxahatchee, Baxter Drury, Sorry and Gavin Libotte
- by Jessie Cunniffe, Barry Divola, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen and John Shand
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AFL 2020
Amid AFL's great depression, who takes the hit?
Within the often-fractious AFL world, there is broad agreement that the game that emerges from the current crisis will be a shrunken version of what was.
- by Jake Niall
Her Olympic dream on hold, Hockeyroos star heads to coronavirus front line
Hockeyroos goalkeeper Rachael Lynch has worked as a nurse in Perth throughout her sporting career, but with the Olympics postponed she's moving to the coronavirus front line.
- by Sarah Keoghan
The 50 and 70 per cent solution - AFL and players agree on pay cut
The AFL and the players have agreed to a pay deal that will mean a 50 per cent cut in the first eight weeks, then either 50 or 70 per cent cut depending on whether games are played.
- by Jake Niall
AFL to look at double-header matches for this year
The AFL will consider double-headers at Marvel Stadium and the MCG this year, if the games are played, to help compact the season into a shorter time frame.
- by Jake Niall
While Nadal issues a rallying cry, lesser lights beg for help
World No.2 is hoping to raise $12m for the Red Cross to help the coronavirus pandemic while world No.371 Sofia Shapatava is struggling to pay her bills.
Eagles shed staff as players sent home amid impasse
Several administrative staff at West Coast have been told their jobs are gone as the club and wider football industry deal with the ongoing pandemic.
- by David Prestipino
Good Weekend Talks: Portrait of AFL boss Gillon McLachlan in a time of crisis
Listen to Konrad Marshall's intimate profile of Gillon McLachlan followed by a discussion of the AFL chief's handling of the pandemic with senior sports writer Michael Gleeson.
- by Katrina Strickland
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Sport Thought: Rethinking a fragile ecosystem
It's possible that AFL and NRL will not rule in the same way when the modern-day equivalent of the asteroid that wiped the dinosaurs, the COVID-19 pandemic, has passed into history.
