The Perth, Peel and South-West five-day lockdown will end tonight, Friday, 5 February at 6pm. A post-lockdown transition period for the Perth and Peel regions will come into effect from 6pm on Friday and remain in place until 12.01am Sunday, 14 February. The South-West region will return to pre-lockdown conditions from 6pm
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A 41-year-old man from Ellenbrook has been arrested, charged and refused bail after failing to comply with a direction to wear a face mask in public today. The man was located outside a shopping centre on Great Eastern Highway, Midland, which is within the Perth Metropolitan COVID lockdown area. Police engaged with
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Effective from 6pm tonight, Sunday, 31 January 2021 until 6pm Friday, 5 February, the Perth metropolitan area and the Peel and South West regions will enter a five-day lockdown. These measures are being implemented due to a fast evolving situation with a positive COVID-19 case detected in a hotel quarantine worker. People
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Following the latest public health advice, Western Australia's controlled interstate border will be adjusted, pending no further outbreaks, with travel from Queensland permitted from 12.01am, Monday, February 1 2021. The transition for Queensland follows the latest public health advice and comes a week after the Chief Health Officer indicated that the
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Innovation and ICT Minister Dave Kelly today announced that the WA Government would invest $150,000 from the New Industries Fund towards the immediate establishment of a manufacturing facility for the Avicena rapid virus testing machine. Western Australian start-up Avicena Systems is behind the innovative testing technology which uses saliva samples and
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Five Western Australian nurses are headed to Melbourne to support Victoria in its COVID-19 response. This initial group will join a small Western Australian forward command team that left Perth on Wednesday. The Western Australian deployment is responding to Victoria's Department of Health and Human Services urgent request for healthcare workers. Since the
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The WA Government's Workers' Compensation and Injury Management Amendment (COVID-19 Response) Bill 2020 passed Parliament today. The Bill will ease the burden on health care workers who contract the virus and require access to workers' compensation entitlements. As experienced in Victoria, many essential health care workers are working in difficult circumstances and
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A new Bill has been introduced to State Parliament to support critical Government decision-making, reduce costs and deliver financial relief to businesses and individuals, as part of the COVID-19 economic recovery measures. The COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Omnibus Bill 2020 will allow State Government agencies to continue to operate in
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A new program delivered as part of the WA Recovery Plan will assist small business owners to adapt and respond to the COVID-19 environment. The PIVOT program will help small business owners enhance their entrepreneurial mindset and develop innovative ways of operating their business. Western Australia's nation-leading response to COVID-19 means WA
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Thousands of foster and family carers will receive one-off payments of $500 or more from the WA Government to help ease household financial pressures experienced through the COVID-19 pandemic. An estimated 7,359 children living in carer households are expected to benefit from the financial boost, which will be provided directly to
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