Premier Mark McGowan defends WA's position that the hard border will not be lifted until there have been 28 consecutive days without any community transmission anywhere in Australia.
It comes after WA recorded one new case of COVID-19 overnight, with a returned traveller transiting through Perth between India and Melbourne having tested positive.Other states want our 'higher incomes': Premier
"We have higher incomes, we have people that are more used to travelling, and therefore will have more tourists go from Western Australia to the east. "They have had significant policy failures in the east that caused the spread of the virus into Western Australia in the early days, and therefore we're always very careful about our borders to protect our people.Mr McGowan said there would be no benefit from a limited easing of the hard border to the Northern Territory and South Australia.'Disappointing' breach in Port Hedland
The manganese bulk carrier remains anchored off Port Hedland in WA's north-west, with seven of the nine crew onboard — and 10 of 12 in hotel quarantine — having tested positive for COVID-19."I was disappointed, considering all of the carefulness and the expectation of the Government that Health would treat this matter with the upmost of seriousness," Mr McGowan said.
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