'Imagine if it was the other way around and Western Australia was the infected place with thousands of cases and New South Wales or Victoria had none, would they really want to open to us?' AusPol 9News
Mr McGowan told Today his goal was for his state to reach full-vaccination levels of 80 to 90 per cent before he'd set a date for the state's reopening.
WA's vaccination rate is currently one of the lowest in Australia. It is on track to reach 80 per cent double-dose vaccination in early December for people aged 16 and over. "We have got to get into some of those communities that have low levels of vaccination, Aboriginal communities, poorer parts of the state."
"We supported New South Wales and indeed Victoria and Queensland getting extra supply above their per capita share because they had outbreaks and so vaccinating people more quickly was the right thing to do, but we are going up by about 0.7 percent each and every day," he said.
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