There were seven active cases in the state, all in hotel quarantine.Nathan is WAtoday's political reporter and the winner of the 2019 Arthur Lovekin Prize for Excellence in Journalism.Harvey back on hard border bandwagon as McGowan rolls out coronavirus cashWA Liberal leader Liza Harvey and Premier Mark McGowan were at loggerheads over WA's 'hard borders', but Ms Harvey has reversed her position. "Our family businesses are going to the wall because of his hard border stance and there’s clearly no evidence that it is actually medically required at this point," she said on June 16.Ms Harvey faced ferocious public criticism for that stance, which also earned the deep frustration of many of her parliamentary Liberal colleagues — perplexed at why their party had taken such an unpopular stance.But she was far from the only Liberal to urge WA to open up. "Projects are all over Western Australia: manufacturing projects, land availability, school rebuilds, TAFE rebuilds, all sorts of things all over Western Australia.

But Opposition Leader Liza Harvey said WA companies should have been chosen instead of a Spanish consortium and UK consortium. "We've been uncertain around what kind of rigour has been put around those people with respect to testing, so it is a concern," she said. Business needs borders open: Liza Harvey. Liza Harvey's unpopular WA border calls have left fellow Liberals bewildered and confused. abc.net.au/news/2... 10 comments. "The Premier announced $92 million for manufacturing projects, including a new diesel railway maintenance facility and $13 million towards a lithium cathode facility to promote battery manufacturing. "We need to make sure anyone coming in from states or countries that have community spread of COVID make sure that they are quarantined, that they are tested on arrival and tested before they go out into the community. "If you have a look around the country and around the world, leaders in every jurisdiction have had to change their position as the environment around COVID-19 changes. "In light of the new information that was available to me, I've put that on hold because until I can be sure that every person entering the state from places with community spread of COVID-19 [are] all being tested and cleared, I don't think we should be opening our borders to anyone. "The Liberal Party supports strong borders that protect the health of West Australians," the Opposition Leader wrote in a Facebook post this week.The only problem is, Ms Harvey had previously — and repeatedly — been just as unequivocal that the border should open as a matter of urgency. On Tuesday, Premier Mark McGowan hit out at a push by Opposition Leader Liza Harvey to lift WA's border restrictions, labelling the idea out of touch and irresponsible. Opposition Leader Liza Harvey had been pushing the State Government to open up WA to states with low levels of coronavirus in a 'travel bubble'. "My concern is that with all of those people gathering together, there may be a large number of new cases present in Victoria in the near future. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Login. "Before we have a footy crowd gathering together, the Premier needs to come out and tell us he has identified who those 1,000 people are, he can reassure us they have been tested and they are COVID-19 free and if they are COVID-19 positive that every single one of their contacts has been locked down and quarantined. The State Opposition has backflipped on its push to open the WA border to some states.Opposition Leader Liza Harvey had been pushing the State Government to open up WA to states with low levels of coronavirus in a 'travel bubble'.Ms Harvey had previously suggested South Australians and Northern Territorians be allowed into WA and said that every day the McGowan Government delayed opening the border, more tourism businesses were failing.But today, Ms Harvey changed her stance and said she would not be comfortable opening WA to travellers from any state until any recent arrivals from Victoria have been tested for COVID-19.She said the Premier, Mark McGowan, needed to clearly explain what precautions had been taken with more than a thousand exempt travellers who flew into Perth from Melbourne in the past fortnight. Analysis: Policy goes in the opposite direction at the worst momentAnti-corruption watchdog eyes off bungled NT election vote countLive: Arrests made as hundreds gather at Melbourne anti-lockdown protestMelbourne anti-lockdown protesters march from Shrine of Remembrance to Albert Park LakeWhy aren't we seeing Europe lock down again in the face of another COVID-19 wave?Victoria 'on the winning stretch' but driving infections down 'hard yakka', Sutton saysSteve was about to buy his first home when hackers robbed him of $90k'Who the heck does he think he is? "At the time, Liza Harvey the state leader of the Liberal party dared to suggest that maybe Western Australia should close its borders, she was ridiculed by the state government, including on the basis... including on constitutional grounds. What COVID-19 scenarios might Melbourne be facing? Log in.

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