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The gloves are back on â and so are the masks â as election campaigning ground to a halt in WA due to a COVID-19 outbreak scare.
But public opinion and the fortunes of the stateâs political competitors continue to rise and fall despite the lack of advertising or obvious electioneering.
The masks are on and the campaign is off as Mark McGowan and Zak Kirkup navigate a COVID-19 community case scare in the middle of an election.
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Western Australia is bracing for an extended lockdown, with suggestions there are already more than a dozen suspected COVID-19 cases linked to a hotel quarantine security worker.
It is understood most of the suspected cases come from the worker’s home suburb of Maylands, where he visited a Coles supermarket and KFC restaurant.
However, test results released to date so no new cases in the state.
WA authorities said 13 of the workers closest contacts had been tested and all had returned negative results. Test results are pending for another 53 people classed as close contacts.
The workerhas the highly contagious UK strain of the virus and could have been carrying it around Perth for five days before he tested positive at the weekend and went into quarantine.
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WA s built a big budget surplus amid the COVID-19 pandemic, now the question is how to spend it
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WA appears to be rolling in cash, giving the McGowan Government a war chest ahead of the election.
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In the coming days Western Australia will predict a surplus of $2.2 billion in 2020-21, almost double what was anticipated when the state budget was handed down just three months ago.
Compared to other states and territories, WA appears to be rolling in cash as the country deals with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
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