Politics
Western Australia
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Coronavirus pandemic
No new community cases of COVID-19, with faith in contact tracers at an all time high
WA’s COVID-19 restrictions will ease significantly on Saturday despite the state being only one week into the 14-day incubation period from the latest outbreak.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Updated
Coronavirus pandemic
No new WA cases as NSW Premier takes a dig at McGowan’s lockdown responses
Perth and Peel will find out what restrictions will remain in place from May 8 as the government grows more confident the two clusters have been contained.
- by Hamish Hastie
WA government rejects new review into Aishwarya’s death
WA Premier Mark McGowan said the circumstances around Aishwarya’s death were tragic but he would not support a new inquiry.
- by Hamish Hastie
‘He was doing the right thing’: Hotel boss says case 1001 was wearing PPE correctly
Perth Pan Pacific general manager Rob Weedon told 6PR he had seen CCTV footage of the guard on duty and the man was wearing personal protective equipment.
- by Hamish Hastie
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
The WA government must heed the warnings and stop resisting proper PPE in hotels
The maths is simple: anyone who works in a quarantine hotel should be provided with N95 masks, because no matter the price, the alternative costs the state so much more.
- by Hamish Hastie
Premier Mark McGowan to get AstraZeneca jab as masks remain in place
As workers in Perth city make their way to their offices in masks, Premier Mark McGowan and Health Minister Roger Cook will be lining up to get the AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday morning.
- by Aja Styles
Australia would be a better nation if its children learned more than one language: Ken Wyatt
Indigenous Affairs Minister Ken Wyatt says Australia would be better as a nation if its children learned two or three languages.
- by Peter de Kruijff
‘I’m not Nostradamus’: McGowan defends change of direction on electoral reform
The review was prompted by the surprising results of the upper house election, which saw a Daylight Savings Party member elected with just 98 votes thanks to complex preference deals.
- by Hamish Hastie
No new community cases as WA prepares for step down in restrictions
WA Premier Mark McGowan said there had been one new case of COVID-19 recorded – an overseas traveller from India who was in hotel quarantine.
- by Hamish Hastie
Women’s day as record setting parliament sworn in
Of the 95 politicians that make up the upper and lower houses of parliament, 43 will be women after the upper house is sworn in next month.
- by Hamish Hastie
Howard Springs architects ready to step up for WA quarantine facility
AECOM national architectural lead James Dorrat estimated it would cost about $150,000 per bed to build a facility close to Perth.
- by Hamish Hastie