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He s criticised Annastacia Palaszczuk in the past for her handling of COVID-19 outbreaks in his home state of Queensland, now Peter Dutton has turned his sights on the West Australian leader.
WA Premier Mark McGowan has lambasted the federal government for failing to provide better alternatives to hotel quarantine.
Metropolitan Perth and the neighbouring Peel region are currently in a three-day lockdown over COVID-19 cases linked to the Perth Mercure Hotel.
Mr McGowan said CBD hotels were not fit for purpose and defence facilities such as Curtin Air Base in Derby or immigration detention facilities on Christmas Island would be better.
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While scaled-down services and marches were back across Australia, around 40 services were cancelled in Western Australia s Perth and Peel regions.
Residents in Perth and Peel are under a three-day lockdown, which is scheduled to end at midnight on Monday, after a hotel quarantine outbreak led to community virus transmission.
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Sunday marks the 106th anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli, a campaign that ultimately cost more than 8,700 Australian lives.
Like last year, residents in Perth and Peel were forced to pay tribute at home by standing at the end of their driveways at dawn.
Glen Robinson and his son played the bugle as part of a driveway service in Perth suburb of Ardross.