West Australian Premier Mark McGowan announced on Sunday that there will be no second snap-lockdown in the city of Perth, but some movement measures will still be imposed after earlier reports that a hotel quarantine security guard and two of his housemates tested positive for COVID-19.
McGowan said there have been no new cases detected in Australia’s fourth-largest city overnight and therefore he will not put it into another lockdown in two weeks.
Still, the premier said that Perth will not allow spectators during Sunday afternoon’s Western Australia football derby, which was expected to attract as many as 45,000 people.
Perth hotel quarantine security guard and two housemates test positive to COVID-19
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Following three emergency meetings on Saturday, Premier Mark McGowan has announced a security guard in his 20s who works in hotel quarantine tested positive to COVID-19, along with two of his housemates.
The man and his housemates are being moved into hotel quarantine.
Premier Mark McGowan.
Mr McGowan said the man had worked at the Pan Pacific Perth, and may have been infectious in the community since April 27.
The security guard, who is WA’s 1001th COVID-19 case, lives in the northern Perth suburb of Nollamara, and during his potentially infectious period he lived with seven housemates. Two housemates have returned positive test results.
21:18 EDT, 30 April 2021
Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan and his family were forced to hide inside while a man allegedly screamed death threats outside their home.
Mr McGowan s wife Sarah locked their three children in a room while Gavin Michael Higgs, 33, allegedly threatened to kill the family.
The premier was getting changed shortly after arriving home when Higgs appeared outside their home in Rockingham, Perth, about 8.30pm on April 21.
His wife rushed inside from the verandah and locked the doors before securing their terrified children Samuel, 17, Alexander, 15, and Amelia, 11, in the locked room.
Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan and his family were forced to hide inside while a man allegedly screamed death threats outside their home
McGowan announces easing of restrictions 30/04/2021|2min
Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan has announced a significant easing of restrictions in the Perth and Peel regions following four consecutive days of zero local coronavirus vases.
From Saturday, masks will remain mandatory except for outdoors and up to 200 people will be able to attend weddings and funerals.
Gatherings will still be capped, with 30 visitors allowed to gather in a home but up to 500 people allowed at outdoor events.
Cafes, pubs, bars and restaurants will be able to open to 75 per cent capacity and cash grants of up to $2000 will be made available to small businesses impacted by the lockdown and interim restrictions.
âIâm not Nostradamusâ: McGowan defends change of direction on electoral reform
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West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has defended his governmentâs decision to look at voting reform despite repeatedly stating during the election campaign it was not on the agenda.
The government announced on Friday it had appointed former governor Malcolm McCusker to lead a panel of electoral and constitutional law experts to review the Electoral Act.
The McGowan government are set to overhauling voting laws in WA.
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