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Warning: This story contains details that may be distressing for some readers. Peter James De Mouilpied is sentenced to three years and five months in jail after he filmed himself masturbating to passing school children and other children on web cameras at his Perth home.

These are some of the everyday Australians who have been impacted by two years of strict border controls in Western Australia. Today, they welcome the state's reunification with the rest of the country with open arms.

Retired farmer Colin Pond says he is "numb" after his farmhouse and other infrastructure were destroyed in a devastating bushfire that ripped through WA's agricultural region.

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.