WA has tightened its border controls with South Australia after the state announced a seven-day lockdown, as health authorities work to trace potential contacts of another ship with COVID positive crew onboard.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a state-wide lockdown from midnight tonight following confirmation of two new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19.
Brisbane’s three-day lockdown was lifted this morning after Queensland recorded just one new case of community transmission of COVID-19, but WA’s hard border with the state remains in place.
Opposition leader Zak Kirkup has slammed the Premier’s insinuation that the state’s border controls could remain beyond the pandemic, labelling it a taste of what’s to come.
The state government has called an urgent meeting to consider the findings of a damning report in which Crown Resorts is accused of facilitating money laundering at its casinos.
