"It's been a long time coming, particularly for those businesses here in Perth," he said. Mr McGowan said the reopening would happen regardless of whether that target was reached. "Every other thing we have done over the course of the last two years has been to get ready for this point, because we haven't effectively had spread of the virus in Western Australia for two years. Mark McGowan also confirmed that the hundreds of people already undergoing 14 days of mandatory quarantine in WA would be allowed to leave earlier. Mr McGowan said he had been advised at national cabinet that WA would get a share of the "national stockpile" of RATs in late January orearly February, which would be around 1.1 million tests. "Our state run clinics will have a supply of RATs that they can use when it is not possible to administer a PCR test because demand is too high. The state's total remains at 1,096, with three cases in hotel quarantine.WA has reached 1 million double doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.WA Health is reporting compliance rates of tier-one health workers having at least one dose of the vaccine is in the high 90s. Mr McGowan also announced changes to the state's hotel quarantine system. Premier Mark McGowan will hold a press conference at 2pm AWST (5pm AEDT). The owner says "devastating" delays by Western Australia's Liquor Commission are jeopardising the future of his pubs following police allegations that he is unfit to hold a liquor licence. IN FULL: Definition of close contacts will change, nine new - YouTube Ms Wong's National Press Club address on Monday, in which she declared that the strategic contest in Asia was about much more than the US and China, and said Australia wanted "strategic equilibrium" in the region. But others, like Elaine Faldi, are notso keen on the reopening, having heard of the number of people dying with COVID in other states. Mr Hastie said while it was "good" to trade with China, "that doesn't mean that we ignore the strategic realities that we're facing". Premier Mark McGowan is set to provide a COVID-19 update on Wednesday. "It is widely acknowledged that the former Liberal government damaged our economic relationship with our biggest trading partner. "When you finally do get to see someone again, it's really quite emotional. Then her family intervened, A year ago, this Australian couple fled Ukraine with their three cats. A mother pleads for out-of-home care fundingfor herdaughters, who aresuffering dailydistress caused by noise and vibrations fromworkon the nearbyAlbany Ring Road bypass. McGowan on Sunday confirmed no new locally acquired cases had been detected, only 24 hours after a hotel quarantine security guard and two of his housemates tested positive. Now they're back in Kyiv, Baby with bowel obstruction died after hospital's failures, coroner finds. One of his first engagements was a lunch meeting hosted by the China-Australia Chamber of Commerce (AustCham), where he told attendees there was "nothing like" the relationship between China and WA and advocated for the end of tariffs imposed on Australian goods. Now they're back in Kyiv, Baby with bowel obstruction died after hospital's failures, coroner finds. The WA Premier Mark McGowan says the state has recorded 68 new covid-19 cases to 8pm last night, 38 of those are new local cases. New definitions for close contacts of COVID cases in WA will roll out on Tuesday along with relaxed isolation protocols, slashing the quarantine period from 14to sevendays. All new cases are in quarantine and ten of the cases are from positive RATS.Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/3gJxMHvABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates.
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