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The tests became legal in WA on Monday but pharmacists have raised concerns over a lack of guidelines around their use. We are doing our best to make sure that we are as prepared as possible.". Prolific goalscorer Jhaniele Fowler reach another Super Netball milestone as West Coast Fever prove too good for Sunshine Coast Lightning, while the Thunderbirds continue their good form with a victory over the Magpies. Catch up with The Loop, Jock Zonfrillo remembered as an 'incredible chef' and influential member of Australia's culinary landscape, Selling the furniture and couch-surfing: Families forced to make 'impossible' decisions amid fears inflation crisis hitting kids, 'Until we meet in heaven': Maryborough community comes to grips with triple fatality as loved ones remembered, Perfect storm brewing for housing market and it could make buying your own home a pipedream, Clare desperately wanted to stop drinking but she couldn't make it stick. Mr McGowan said he had been advised at national cabinet that WA would get a share of the "national stockpile" of RATs in late January orearly February, which would be around 1.1 million tests. While some businesses have managed to stay afloat thanks to West Australians holidaying in their own backyards, others have folded, unable to hang on until the return of international and interstate travellers. Mr Hall said one of the best things the government could do for the tourism sector was to not backtrack once it committed to an opening date. Having quit stand-up last year, the comedian is making her theatre debut playing a character she understands on a 'gut level', because she reminds her of her mother. Follow our live blog here or jump over to ABC Perth to watch it live. Fiona Prosser's travel agency specialises in organising both personal and corporate travel and has managed to stay afloat during the pandemic. "When you finally do get to see someone again, it's really quite emotional. "If he's suggesting I've swallowed Cold War pills, he should ask Richard Marles, our defence minister, and Penny Wong, our foreign minister, whether they're taking the same medication as well because I'll tell you what, there's not a whole lot of daylight between us when it comes to Australia's defence and foreign policy at the moment. The WA Premier Mark McGowan says the state has recorded 68 new covid-19 cases to 8pm last night, 38 of those are new local cases. 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"He's undermining the national interests by going overseas and running down Australian MPs who, in fact, share almost a bipartisan position with the Albanese government on defence and foreign policy matters," he told reporters. The final piece of the puzzle, he said, would be convincing touring acts and sporting codes that they could plan to hold events in Perth. One of his first engagements was a lunch meeting hosted by the China-Australia Chamber of Commerce (AustCham), where he told attendees there was "nothing like" the relationship between China and WA and advocated for the end of tariffs imposed on Australian goods. The lockdown will begin at midnight tonight. "That's what's going to be necessary to reconnect WA and we're confident [the government is] going to stay the course and bring that business back in.". Premier Mark McGowan will hold a press conference at 1.45pm (local time). Then her family intervened, A year ago, this Australian couple fled Ukraine with their three cats. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. West Australians will need to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination to access a wide range of venues and events fromJanuary 31, Premier Mark McGowan has announced. The announcement of the date was made just two weeks after the first Australian cases ofOmicron were confirmed. Mark McGowan will provide a COVID-19 update at 2.15pm (AWST) on Thursday. It's been a struggle. We have learned from their mistakes and are determined not to repeat them.". She said the second weave would be peoplelooking to holiday in the west, and would likely wait a little longer to see if WA re-imposes some restrictions. "They need confidence that if they're going into Sydney, that they can include Perth on their tour," he said. The Premiersays casual contacts won't need to get tested and isolation periods for COVID cases will reduce when WA hits a "high caseload", as the staterecords 14 new localinfections. Key points: Mark McGowan made disparaging remarks about Andrew Hastie while in China Mr Hastie responded with a statement of his own He described the WA premier as a 'prison guard looking for work' Mark McGowan flew into Beijing on Tuesday for his first visit to WA's largest trading partner since COVID. ', everyone was really pleased.". We digest the week that was. Interim restrictions remain in place in Perth and the Peel region until 12.01am on Saturday, including the mandatory wearing of face masks and limits on gatherings I'm happy to stay closed to keep us as safe as possible.". WA Premier Mark McGowan says the new rules, which were first announced by the government in late January, were needed as Omicron continues to spread through the community. "Instead he's off to China, trying to do Penny Wong's job as foreign minister. You can watch it LIVE in the player above when it begins. Vaccinated international arrivals will no longer need to hotel quarantine and can instead self-isolate if they can find a suitable premises. "We have a mask culture back home anyway," he said. Mr McGowanwarned the new rules did not mark the end of the pandemic for WA, saying it was more like the start of it. You can listen to us on 720 AM or stream via abc.net.au/perth Find us on 720AM, digital radio, abc.net.au/perth or via the ABC Listen app. The new rules will not apply to the unvaccinated international arrivals, who are still required to undergo 14 days of hotel quarantine. These will be the broadest proof of vaccination requirements in the nation and they will not be removed any time soon," Mr McGowansaid. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. "They've been shattered without international or interstate visitors," he said. Now they're back in Kyiv, Baby with bowel obstruction died after hospital's failures, coroner finds. "Our expectation is that in order to be fully vaccinated, the Commonwealth rules will say three doses, andonce that happens, we will move to the three-dose rule in due course.". Ms Prosser said travellers would likely return in two wavesonce the border reopened. Today Premier Mark McGowan is expected to set the date when Western Australia's borders will finally reopen to the eastern states and the rest of the world. A pure white willie wagtail delighted this coastal town, but it is now thought the bird isa grey fantail with a rare genetic condition. Sport, religion and family: Who is incoming AFL boss Andrew Dillon. Sarah was hoping to help her sister Louise when she organised for a carer to help her with grocery shopping it led to a chain of events that landed her in state care. "The rules around rapid antigen tests will be based around the best practice based on the experience over east.". This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. The WA Premier appears hesitant to set a new reopening date after his last-minute border backflip, but how long can that last? 5 are still under. Ms Wong's National Press Club address on Monday, in which she declared that the strategic contest in Asia was about much more than the US and China, and said Australia wanted "strategic equilibrium" in the region. Just under half of all of WA's trade is with China, worth an estimated $146.3 billion annually. "Being a good policymaker is actually understanding that trade and national security are linked, you have to balance those things and that's why you can't focus on one to the exclusion of the other," he said. Premier Mark McGowan has announced WA will drop most of its level two restrictions and loosen its isolation rules from 12.01am on Thursday, March 31. Catch up with The Loop, Jock Zonfrillo remembered as an 'incredible chef' and influential member of Australia's culinary landscape, Selling the furniture and couch-surfing: Families forced to make 'impossible' decisions amid fears inflation crisis hitting kids, Perfect storm brewing for housing market and it could make buying your own home a pipedream, Family of man shot dead by police question why they weren't called in to help, Clare desperately wanted to stop drinking but she couldn't make it stick. "That means they need to be confident that the venue will be open and they will be able to go across the border and get out again.". 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Premier Mark McGowan will hold a press conference at 1.45pm (local time). "Rapid antigen tests provide a quick result and are useful in a high caseload environment," Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson said. 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"It didn't make sense to have people locked down for two whole weeks, we've all had our boosters, we're triple vaccinated, so we think it's the right decision.". The WA premier has been caught in another hot-mic scandal on the first day of his trade mission to China, after a camera picked up a conversation where he said Australia's federal shadow defence minister had "swallowed some kind of Cold War pills". Later that year he was blocked from a study tour to China, with an embassy spokesperson saying the country would not "welcome those who make unwarranted attacks" on their nation, and calling on him and fellow Liberal senator James Paterson to "repent" for their criticism of the Chinese Communist Party. Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan is set to give a coronavirus update following this morning's National Cabinet meeting. spending $185 million in measures to boost businesses and attract tourists, international students and workers to Western Australia when the state's borders reopen. "Once they have done seven days of isolation, provided they have a negative test, they will be free to go," he said. 27 are linked to close contacts. WA Premier Mark McGowan is expected to provide a COVID update on Monday morning. For more Health & Wellbeing related news and videos check out Health & Wellbeing >>. "I think he's playing politics and I think he's playing footsy up there when he should be back here in WA fixing our crumbling health system," he said. Ms Sanderson said, in line with national advice, the tests were safe to use on children from the age oftwo. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. "I feel that WA, we've done really well, everything is still open. International arrivals would be required to do all of the above, as well as complete 14 days quarantine if they were deemed high risk, for example, if they were unvaccinated. Eleven of the other 14 new cases related to returned interstate travellers and three cases are related to overseas travellers, with allin quarantine. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/3BWr8YeABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/3BWr8Ye ABC News. Western Australia set to announce border reopening date on Monday, 'We need to take a cautious approach': WA to tighten border with Queensland on Monday, Timely reminder: How to respond if you test positive to COVID-19. But West Australians remain divided over the looming openingand the virus coming into the state. Definitions of close contacts and protocols for isolation in schools will be in line withthe new rules being rolled out for the wider community. Wayne Baddock says his radar islocated on top of a hill in the seaside town of Gracetown, Western Australia, and isable to pick up current temperatures, wind speeds and rainfall. Premier Mark McGowan will hold a press conference at 2pm AWST (5pm AEDT). "It was just really sad and hard being stuck in Melbourne, and I'm really close to my family, and I really wanted to see them," Cameron said. WA Premier Mark McGowan is holding a COVID-19 press conference.Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/3Ob9CVRWestern Australia has recorded 7,426 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths dating back as far as April 4.The two people who died were a man in his 90s and a man in his 30s.There are 215 people with COVID-19 in hospital, with four of them in intensive care.There are currently 39,591 known active cases in Western Australia.ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. "The real challenge is to make sure that we've got the business events, the major sporting events, all those locked in and that we don't lose them in the meantime," he said. For young children who require more care, a parent or guardian is required to isolate alongside them if they are a close contact. Few have been looking forward to the reopening more than the tourism sector, which has been hit hard by the pandemic. A witness has described the frantic moments after an 11-year-old boy was bitten by a shark in waters off the Cape Range National Park near Exmouth, in WA's north. A dozen staff memberswere in isolation after coming into contact with a man infected with COVID-19 following confusion about isolation protocols. WA recorded five new cases of COVID-19 today, including one that has yet to be linked to any known cases and was infectious in the community. UPDATE: Mark McGowan has announced a community case of COVID-19 in Western Australia. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. "This will be a more effective way of managing the burden on our hotel quarantine system going forward," he said. Mr McGowan said any members of the household where the person was in quarantine would be required to self-quarantine too, use the G2GNow app and undertake a PCR test. Rapid antigen tests will nowbe used by WA Health alongside its PCR testing regime. Then her family intervened, A year ago, this Australian couple fled Ukraine with their three cats. Mr McGowan has maintained a very different tone on China, last year accusing the eastern states of failing to appreciate China's contribution to Australia's economic success. described issues with gold the Perth Mint sent to China as a "storm in a f***ing tea cup". Mr McGowan also announced changes to the state's hotel quarantine system. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation.For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZYWatch more ABC News content ad-free on iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2Like ABC News on Facebook: http://facebook.com/abcnews.auFollow ABC News on Instagram: http://instagram.com/abcnews_auFollow ABC News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/abcnewsNote: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated.#ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia Mr McGowan said he expected the WA government to have 8.5 million rapid antigen tests available by February 5, on top of supplies sourced privately. The 'winter shot': Everything you need to know about getting your next COVID-19 booster, If you catch COVID again, will your symptoms be worse? The WAgovernment is committinganother $511 millionto social housing and homelessness initiatives under the state budget in a fresh bid to offer enough properties for those most in need. Last week the Premier announced a plan to 'reconnect' WA with the world, by spending $185 million in measures to boost businesses and attract tourists, international students and workers to Western Australia when the state's borders reopen. Under the new rules, anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 must self-isolate for a minimum of seven days. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation.For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZYWatch more ABC News content ad-free on iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2Like ABC News on Facebook: http://facebook.com/abcnews.auFollow ABC News on Instagram: http://instagram.com/abcnews_auFollow ABC News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/abcnewsNote: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated.#ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia "It's been incredibly challenging, however, we've been fortunate enough to have the cross-section of business, so we've had some essential corporate travel and we've had some resource travel that's kept us going.". used an opinion piece in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald to link the West's handling of China's rise to a failure to contain the advance of Nazi Germany. CoreLogic data shows Australian property prices have risen for the second consecutive month, suggesting a downturn in the housing market is coming to an end as interest rates stabilise. "It is critical that once we open, we stay the course, that we are nationally consistent, that visitors to Australia know that it'll be no harder to get into WA than any other state," he said. Once the hard border comes down, international and interstate travel will resume, with testing and vaccination requirements. flew into Beijing on Tuesday for his first visit to WA's largest trading partner since COVID. Such was the case for Frances Barns and her son, eight-year-old Tidiwa Joe, who is a student at Winterfold Primary school. WA Premier Mark McGowan has called a COVID-19 press conference for 12:30pm. Mark McGowan to announce changes to Western Australia's border policy WA Premier Mark McGowan is expected to announce changes to the state's border rules despite being in the midst of an Omicron outbreak. Masks will be mandatory from 6:00pm, although Premier Mark McGowan recommended people wear them immediately. Mark McGowan flew into Beijing on Tuesday for his first visit to WA's largest trading partner since COVID. "He swallowed some kind of Cold War pills back when he was born and he couldn't get his mindset out of that.". "We have to learn to live with it, it's just the way it is.". She was hopeful about what the months ahead might hold. Is it OK to do job interviews during work hours? 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"The state government is committed to strengthening the relationship to benefit the local WA economy and local jobs into the future.". It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation.For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZYWatch more ABC News content ad-free on iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2Like ABC News on Facebook: http://facebook.com/abcnews.auFollow ABC News on Instagram: http://instagram.com/abcnews_auFollow ABC News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/abcnewsNote: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated.#ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia Collingwood come from the clouds yet again, Jason Horne-Francis inspires a resurgent Port Adelaide and Toby Greene breaks Sydney's hearts. 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WA Premier Mark McGowan is set to provide an update on the coronavirus situation in the state. They must be fully vaccinated by November 1.Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/3mi3QEMABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. McGowan on Sunday confirmed no new locally acquired cases had been detected, only 24 hours after a hotel quarantine security guard and two of his housemates tested positive.