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WA is again months away from opening the border

Tom McIlroy
Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief
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Mark McGowan’s shock decision to keep Western Australia’s borders closed beyond next month looks set to thwart the election campaign plans of Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese.

The WA Premier said booster uptake needed to be higher before quarantine-free travel with the eastern states would be allowed as part of plans to keep out the deadly omicron variant.

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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
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