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WA Premier Mark McGowan apologises to Queensland travellers over ‘draconian’ border
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has apologised to travellers from Queensland for the “heartbreak” caused by the reimposition of WA’s hard border with the state, amid a “very difficult and unpredictable situation”.
Key points:
- WA has closed its border with Queensland
- A total of 3,197 COVID-19 tests were conducted at WA’s public clinics on Friday
- More than 6,000 calls were made to WA’s COVID-19 hotline
WA yesterday announced it was closing its border with Queensland, effective from 12:01am today, following the detection of the highly contagious UK strain of COVID-19 in a cleaner at a Brisbane quarantine hotel.
Following the announcement, WA recorded one of its busiest days at the state’s public COVID-19 testing clinics since the pandemic…
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