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Coronavirus Australia live news: Backflip will save jobs, lives: McGowan

Defiant WA premier defends decision to keep border shut over low vaccination rates, saying the situation in the eastern states an 'emergency and a catastrophe'.

Jenna Clarke and Angelica Snowden
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5:04AMJanuary 21, 2022.
Updated 10:05PMJanuary 21, 2022
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WA Premier Mark McGowan has changed the WA opening plan with less than two weeks notice. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Sharon Smith
WA Premier Mark McGowan has changed the WA opening plan with less than two weeks notice. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Sharon Smith

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