BREAKING: All states and territories apart from WA have reached a joint agreement to open up their borders by December, working towards a 'hotspot model' to combat COVID19.
"I'm not going to hold Australia back when one or two jurisdictions, at this point in time because of their own circumstances, don't want to go along with the direction the rest of the country wants to go in," Mr Morrison said.WA Premier Mark McGowan said the state's hard border would stay in place until community transmission of COVID-19 was eliminated in the eastern states.
"Western Australia has always avoided setting an arbitrary date on opening the borders," Mr McGowan said."Prematurely opening the state borders would risk both the national and state economy," he said. WA Opposition Leader Liza Harvey said the state had no community spread of coronavirus and it would be a "tragedy" if West Australian families were not able to get together at Christmas."Protecting the health of all West Australians from COVID-19 is the priority. Unfortunately the government does not share its health advice with the opposition."
"I can report from the AHPPC yesterday – eight out of eight jurisdictions agreed that hotspots are to be used by the Commonwealth in relation to what we may offer in support to various states that are experiencing hotspots," he said.
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