ANALYSIS: Only time will tell if Mark McGowan's gamble to save people's limited goodwill has paid off
Two years ago, West Australians granted Premier Mark McGowan nearly unlimited power to keep COVID out of the state.
West Australians in hospital with the virus, which is about as many patients that can fit into Royal Perth Hospital, would have struck fear into the hearts of plenty.Still, the Premier has been fending off calls to bring back masks with relative success, save for strident opposition from the medical profession.In the clearest insight yet into why a mandate hadn't returned, he told reporters on Tuesday, "you just don't want to lose your social license on these things".
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