Mark McGowan confirms WA will not yet enter another lockdown — as it happened

McGowan says Federal Government’s ban on Australians returning from India is ‘harsh, difficult, and unusual’ but ‘we live in unusual times’

“It is very harsh, it is very difficult, it is very unusual but we live in unusual times so yes, I do [support the Federal Government’s decision],” he said.

“We are obviously in a dangerous world and we want to make sure we prevent the importation and the spread of the virus within Australia.”

“Australia has done extraordinarily well. As outlined the other day, I think we need to actually be very cautious about people leaving Australia.

“4,500, 5,000 people going to India in recent months was clearly a mistake and that is probably added to the pressure of people wanting to return from India and in fact…