WA may not return to full quarantine capacity unless Commonwealth provides assistance25/04/2021|5min
Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan has warned if the Commonwealth does not provide quarantine assistance then the state then may not return to taking its full quota of returning Australians.
Mr McGowan has requested Commonwealth assistance with hotel quarantine over the last week, specifically asking the Morrison government to provide ADF support and to reduce the amount of international flights coming into Perth.
“My request to the Commonwealth government to reduce the international arrival cap is vital,” he said.
“If we are to crush the virus, just as we have done before, we need to slow the flow of returning travellers”.
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‘I’m not copping that’: McGowan slams Commonwealth for allowing travel to ‘COVID-laden’ nations25/04/2021|4min
Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan has slammed the Morrison government for allowing Australians to travel to “COVID-laden countries” and then return home weeks later.
The Commonwealth has come under fire recently for its exemptions program which has allowed Australians to travel to India for circumstances such as weddings and funerals, and then return home.
India is currently in the midst of a nation-wide coronavirus crisis recording more than 300,000 cases a day as well as over 2,500 COVID-19 deaths per day.
“I’m just not copping that; That people recently went to India and come back COVID positive,” Mr McGowan said.
Premier McGowan ‘doubles down’ on federal government criticism 25/04/2021|4min
Sky News host Sharri Markson says Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan has “doubled down” on his criticism of the federal government during his press conference today.
She said Mr McGowan is now threatening to reduce the cap on return travellers.
The Commonwealth has come under fire recently for its exemptions program which has allowed Australians to travel to India for circumstances such as weddings and funerals, and then return home.
India is currently in the midst of a nation-wide coronavirus crisis recording more than 300,000 cases a day as well as over 2,500 COVID-19 deaths per day.
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No new cases of community transmission in WA, 359 contacts of COVID cases confirmed 25/04/2021|9min
Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan has announced no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the community but urged residents in Perth and Peel to check new exposure locations added after a case was confirmed on Saturday afternoon.
The locally acquired case confirmed on Saturday was a man in his 40s who had attended one of the restaurant locations visited by a Victorian man, the original case confirmed last week.
As a result of the new case, the Western Australian government has updated its list of exposure sites including a childcare centre in Landsdale in Perth’s north.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Perth lockdown - New Zealand-Western Australia travel suspended; Air NZ flight cancelled
23 Apr, 2021 05:50 PM
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West Australian Premier Mark McGowan places Perth and the nearby Peel region into a three-day lockdown following two positive cases that have been in the community. Video / Sky News Australia
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan places Perth and the nearby Peel region into a three-day lockdown following two positive cases that have been in the community. Video / Sky News Australia
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The six-day-old transtasman bubble has suffered its first major setback.
Covid-19 Minister Chris Hipkins last night halted travel between New Zealand and Western Australia after Perth and a neighbouring region went into a three-day lockdown.