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Welcome back, Western Australia

The west has made a start on repairing the bonds of federation after two years of Mark McGowan’s hyper-parochial border populism.

The reunification of Australia is now finally complete following Western Australia’s belated reopening to the rest of the country, and to the world.

The elimination of its hard border comes as Australia’s last COVID-zero bastion rides out a surging wave of omicron infections. WA on Thursday recorded 2234 new cases. But there are only 22 people in hospital, and none in intensive care.

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