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Warning WA border opening will not bring quick fix to labour shortages as COVID-19 cases rise

Staffing has been a problem for Sam Kaye at Daisies cafe in recent months, with close contact cases almost leaving him unable to open earlier this week. But there are warnings the eventual border reopening will not attract workers to WA like he hopes.

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ACT to ease Covid restrictions; Bob Katter decries ‘super sneaky’ passing of firearms bill – as it happened

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Youth detention in WA 'unsafe, inhumane'

Staff of Western Australia's only youth prison are called for some detainees to be moved to an adult jail amid safety concerns.

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Fake COVID-19 vaccination certificates used by Australians to beat mandates and enter venues

Unvaccinated Australians are using fake certificates to gain entry to venues the government banned them from at the beginning of this month.

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Patients forced to relocate thousands of kilometres from home as dialysis chairs sit unused

Richard Kanari left his job in the Northern Territory and moved to Western Australia to be near ailing wife Kathryn, one of the many being treated at kidney clinics far from home.

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WA Premier Mark McGowan attended a COVID-19 spreader event at a Fremantle pub, but has tested negative

Mark McGowan says he was at a large function last week after which nine people subsequently tested positive for COVID-19, as Western Australia sets a new daily record for cases of the virus.

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Australia’s unemployment rate steady at 4.2% but Omicron hits hours worked

Hourly employment slumps in NSW and Victoria, down 13.5% and 13.2% respectively, while Western Australia posts 1.7% rise

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Minister asked why refugees still stuck in Park hotel if not security risks – as it happened

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COVID exposure sites confirmed in Great Southern after Darkan Sheepfest

Regional towns in southern Western Australia have been confirmed as potential COVID-19 exposure sites following an annual sheep festival held at the weekend.

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Omicron reaches WA prison, 115 new cases

Western Australia's daily local COVID-19 caseload has reached triple figures for the first time with 115 new infections, and at least 32 schools exposed.

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WA freight 'backlog' as rail link restored

The key freight link between Western Australia and the eastern states has been restored but supermarket shelves won't be restocked overnight.

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WA border reopening date expected soon

Western Australia's premier says a new border reopening date will be announced in the next two weeks as the state records 48 new local COVID-19 cases.

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Mark McGowan flags WA border opening decision this month amid 48 new local COVID-19 cases

Mark McGowan says an announcement on WA's border reopening will be made sometime this month as the state records 62 new COVID-19 cases, with 48 of them locally acquired.

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Qantas to continue its Darwin to London service until June as WA border remains closed

Qantas will continue to run direct daily flights between Darwin and London until at least the end of June amid ongoing uncertainty about the reopening of the border to Western Australia.

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WA reports 62 new local COVID-19 cases, another daily record, despite 'low' testing numbers

Another 62 locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 are recorded in Western Australia, along with 13 cases linked to interstate travel, despite just 4,351 people being swabbed at PCR clinics yesterday.

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WA has 62 new cases, more aged care spread

More than half of eligible West Australians have received their third vaccine dose as the state posts a record 62 local COVID-19 cases.

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Why are there more earthquakes in Western Australia than the rest of the country?

It's been a shaky start to the year for Western Australia, with more than 100 earthquakes recorded in the state — and there are several reasons for that.

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PM got copy of report into Tudge allegations on 28 January – as it happened

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Uncertainty over jobs data due to Omicron as nation records at least 47 virus deaths – as it happened

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How South Australia might inform Western Australia's border reopening

As Western Australians wonder how the state's eventual border reopening might unfold, pundits often draw on the South Australian experience. But how comparable are the states and what bearing did SA have on Premier Mark McGowan's call to indefinitely delay the border opening?

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Western Australia records 26 new local COVID-19 cases, with the source of six still unclear

Western Australia records 26 new local cases of COVID-19, with the source of six of those not yet clear.

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Thousands protest in Canberra; NSW records 32 Covid deaths and Vic 19 – as it happened

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Three WA emergency bushfire warnings

Emergency bushfire warnings have been issued for residents in parts of Jerramungup, Hopetoun and Mount Sheridan in Western Australia.

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Former coronavirus advisory board head Neville Power pleads guilty to breaching WA's COVID-19 border laws

The former head of the National COVID-19 Commission Advisory Board faces a possible jail term after he flew into Western Australia without a G2G pass and failed to quarantine for 14 days.

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WA has 51 new COVID-19 cases, one death

Western Australia has recorded 51 local COVID-19 cases and the death of a man in his 70s who is believed to have been unvaccinated.

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