Western Australia border reopening tests McGowan as Covid peak looms
by Narelle Towie from World news | The Guardian on (#5WND9)
The reopening comes after 697 days and one false start - and amid controversial new restrictions
After 697 days and one false start, the hermit" state of Western Australia is on the precipice of rejoining the rest of the world - again.
The premier, Mark McGowan, has promised to throw open WA's gates from midnight Wednesday as the state moves headlong into its first full-scale Covid wave of the pandemic, with daily case numbers swelling into four digits.
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