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Coronavirus Australia live updates: WA Premier slams 'selfish, irresponsible' traveller

A Rio Tinto contractor has been slammed after testing positive for COVID-19 on his return from a Bali trip.

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Premier Mark McGowan has slammed the state's only local new COVID-19 case as "selfish and irresponsible".

The third case is a male Rio Tinto contractor who recently travelled to Bali.

"It's pretty selfish and irresponsible to have travelled to Bali in the circumstances we knew we were facing during the March period," the Premier said at a press conference today. "The people who did that make me angry that they now come home and bring these problems."

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There are more than 6500 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Australia, with 2936 in New South Wales, 1319 in Victoria, 1014 in Queensland, 435 in South Australia, 544 in Western Australia, 188 in Tasmania, 103 in the Australian Capital Territory and 28 in the Northern Territory.

The death toll stands at 69, after four more deaths were recorded today. 

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Originally published as Coronavirus Australia live updates: WA Premier slams 'selfish, irresponsible' traveller

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