'This is not what anyone wanted': WA slams shut border to NSW just days before Christmas

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From midnight on Saturday, only travellers from NSW with a valid exemption will be allowed to enter the state and will be required to isolate for 14 days.

People who have been in NSW since December 11 and haven't completed 14 days of quarantine in a low-risk state will also require an exemption to travel to WA.

"Right now I don’t know how long the border with NSW will be up for, we hope it’s only for a short period and we can reassess our border controls when the health advice says it is safe to do so. Mr McGowan's announcement comes after a coronavirus outbreak in NSW continues to grow with a cluster in Avalon hitting 41 cases on Saturday, sending Sydney's northern beaches into lockdown.

at this time but cautioned the government would be forced to act if coronavirus cases in NSW exploded.Mr McGowan used the opportunity to take aim at the NSW government, urging them to "do what is necessary to halt the community spread" of the virus.

 

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The reality of living in a COVID world McGowan is not shutting down the WA border EVERY time there are a few cases. Instead we MUST adopt a national definition of a hotspot so as to end the arbitrary and capricious decision- making of Premiers!

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