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As the numerous COVID-19 outbreaks across Australia have highlighted, this pandemic crisis is not going away without a more widely-rolled out vaccine.
The recent news out of WA and NSW has Australians on high alert, concerned about reinstated border closures and social distancing restrictions.
At present, we can tell you that there are currently 2 active cases that have been locally acquired in NSW. A small number, sure, but we know this thing moves quickly. For that reason, the NSW government has announced new rules around household visitors and mask-wearing for the state.
Nine Customs workers have been sacked for refusing the Covid-19 vaccine, including four from a single provincial port.
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Mark McGowan has taken a brutal swipe at New South Wales counterpart Gladys Berejiklian during a heated exchange with a reporter over coronavirus lockdowns.
There were fears two million residents in Perth and surrounding Peel region would be plunged into their second lockdown in as many weeks after a hotel quarantine security guard and two of his housemates tested positive on Saturday
But lockdown has been avoided for now after no further locally acquired coronavirus cases were detected on Sunday, the Western Australia premier announced, despite the city having stay-at-home orders during previous outbreaks.
Instead, a raft of strict restrictions has been ramped up, including mandatory wearing of masks, shutdown of nightclubs and 60,000 fans locked out of the AFL local derby between West Coast Eagles and Fremantle Dockers later on Sunday.