Western Australia Opposition leader LizaHarveyMLA says it was a big shock to the state to hear Premier MarkMcGowanMP has an “economic imperative” behind the state’s hard border decision making.
Western Australia Opposition leader Liza Harvey says it was a big shock to the state to hear Premier Mark McGowan has an “economic imperative” behind the state’s hard border decision making. Her comments come following Premier McGowan’s double-down on Western Australia’s hard border closure. Premier McGowan said, “honestly the benefit to opening to the Northern Territory or South Australia, for Western Australia is not there, there is no benefit.
” “It was a big shock to Western Australians today to hear that there’s actually an economic rationale behind this decision making,” Ms Harvey told Sky News host Paul Murray. “We’ve been told as a community that the borders have been closed based on the best health advice available and that it’s necessary to keep us free and safe from COVID-19. “Clearly, today the premier deviated quite significantly from that and said that there is actually an economic imperative in doing this.
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