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Earlier today, WA recorded the country's biggest rise in unemployment when the ABS released its May job figures.

WA treasurer Ben Wyatt has resisted calls from the state's Liberal opposition to reopen its borders to help the economic recovery.

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And the latest statistics: Australia recorded 21 new cases of Covid-19 today; 18 in Victoria; two in NSW; and one in WA - lifting the country's active cases to 412.