Selfish tourists could trigger South West COVID âdisasterâ: Shire president
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It would be a disaster if tourist hotspots in Western Australiaâs South West record community cases after the long weekend because Perth residents could travel to the area despite the lockdown and stay at home orders.
Margaret River winery Blind Corner posted this to social media before the WA government clarified the rules.
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Shire of Augusta-Margaret River president Ian Earl said residents were upset many visitors from outside the region did not follow the directions and were âself entitledâ.
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Premier Mark McGowan was lost in his thoughts after switching off the lights on fortress Western Australia for a third time on Friday afternoon knowing this may be the time the state is unable to dodge a bullet.
Having just delivered an address to the state that Perth and Peel would go into a three-day lockdown from midnight and fielding an onslaught of questions from journalists, he was able to just sit in the Dumas House media room and absorb all that happened in the past 72 hours as the Health Minister Roger Cook took over the podium for the back end of the dramatic press conference.