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How were we so unprepared for COVID hitting aged care?

If, as Gandhi said, the true measure of a society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members — which for us in this fight, was our elderly — then we have failed, writes Mark Riley.

Mark Riley

Mark RileySeven News Political Editor

Coronavirus deathsCommentsPremiumPM warns Aussies to ‘brace themselves’

Scott Morrison has said ‘lessons will be learned’ from Australia’s fight against coronavirus as he warned Australians to ‘brace’ themselves for more bad news in the coming weeks.

Sarah Ison

Hard border ‘myth’CommentsPremiumThousands of WA arrivals allowed to skip quarantine

WA’s hard border has been labelled a ‘myth’ after it was revealed more than 6600 people have been given permission to skip the usual mandatory 14-day quarantine period over the past four months.

Josh Zimmerman

Coronavirus crisisCommentsPremiumActing CMO concedes WA’s hard border works

Australia’s Acting Chief Medical Officer has conceded there is ‘no doubt’ WA’s border closure has protected the State against COVID-19.

Sarah Ison

Telethon Kids InstituteVideoPremium$10m funding for research into kids’ asthma ‘vaccine’

A series of treatments, touted as a ‘vaccine’ for asthma in children, is set to be developed in WA with the opening of a world-class respiratory centre in Perth.

Kate Ryan

Awkward intrusionVideoCommentsPremiumPremier blames ‘human error’ for guard’s hotel breach

Mark McGowan has attempted to play down a quarantine breach in which a security guard barged into a guest’s room — allegedly in search of a TV remote — and then claimed he could not speak English.

Josh Zimmerman

Unhealthy habitCommentsPremiumWest Australians ‘most likely’ to drink during lockdown

The COVID-19 lockdown saw West Australians hit the bottle more than the rest of the country, with 45 per cent of WA respondents citing stress and anxiety as the reason.

Peter de Kruijff

Four months and countingCommentsPremiumWA COVID transmission rate ‘better than NZ’

Our State has gone 120 days without any community spread of COVID-19, putting it well ahead of countries such as New Zealand, which has been held up as a poster child for containment.

Peter de Kruijff

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Ruby Princess debacleVideoCommentsPremium
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‘The cruise holiday that ruined our lives’

Perth couple Ann and Michael Smith have joined a class action to sue the owner and operator of the Ruby Princess cruise ship. For the first time, they have tearfully told their emotional story.

John Flint

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Infection riskCommentsPremium
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Expert: Hard border ‘fundamental’ for slowing COVID

Telethon’s Professor Pete Gething says WA’s hard border must remain while there is community transmission of the coronavirus in other states and territories in order to keep West Australians safe.

Angela Pownall

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$12 million manCommentsPremium
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Meet the WA scientist backed by Bill Gates

He’s a big data scientist working with Perth’s Telethon Kids Institute and Curtin University to eradicate childhood disease — and one of the biggest names in public health is bankrolling his team.

Angela Pownall

For the kidsCommentsPremiumSite for WA-first seaside children’s hospice revealed

The home of an old bowling club in Perth’s western suburbs has been selected as the preferred site for a $10m seaside children’s hospice, with an ambitious date for completion put on the table.

Josh Zimmerman

Dark dayVideoEleven dead amid 450 new Victorian coronavirus cases

It’s been another deadly day in Victoria where coronavirus has claimed 11 lives and a further 450 COVID-19 infections were recorded, as police raid the homes of anti-lockdown protesters.

Tragic newsVideoAustralia’s youngest person dies from coronavirus

Victoria has experienced its deadliest day yet, with 15 people dying from coronavirus — including a man in his 30s.

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COVID-19 CRISISPremium
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Perth nurse reveals life on Victoria’s COVID front line

Maya Kaspi has laid bare the heartbreaking reality of working at the centre of Melbourne’s coronavirus crisis as she urged people in WA to not get complacent.

Kate Ryan

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Travel bubble poppedCommentsPremium
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Queensland backs WA in Clive Palmer border case

The Sunshine State says WA’s fight to keep COVID-19 out of the State would be ‘weakened’ if it was forced to replace the hard border with a travel bubble.

Peter Law

The West LiveVideoCommentsPremiumKennett slams Andrews over use of word ‘disaster’

Former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett has slammed Daniel Andrews for his terminology while announcing a shift to phase four lockdowns, claiming the word ‘disaster’ should have been avoided.

Caitlyn Rintoul and Jenna Clarke

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Increased securityCommentsPremium
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Troops to be in Perth COVID hotels from tomorrow

Defence Force personnel will be sent into Perth’s quarantine hotels as early as tomorrow evening to help avoid a repeat of the security lapses that unleashed Victoria’s killer COVID-19 outbreak.

Peter Law

Age-old problemCommentsPremiumWA’s desperate fight to stop COVID in aged care

The coronavirus-inflicted nursing home crisis in Victoria sent a shudder across the Nullarbor. But how much can be done when the aged care industry and its workers are under so much pressure?

Angela Pownall and Kate Ryan

Reason of insanityPremiumMental health patient cleared of support worker murder

A Rockingham mental health patient accused of slashing his support worker’s throat with a kitchen knife in 2018 — has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity.

Sarah Steger

Clive Palmer border battleCommentsPremiumPremier’s plea to Morrison Government over border fight

Mark McGowan has pleaded for the Federal Government to stop supporting Clive Palmer’s legal bid against WA’s border, saying it didn’t understand the ‘depth of feeling’ around coronavirus in the State.

Jakeb Waddell

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War of wordsVideoCommentsPremium
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WA Attorney-General slams Porter over border battle

WA Attorney-General John Quigley claims the State would have already won its border court battle against Clive Palmer if it wasn’t for his Federal counterpart, fellow West Australian Christian Porter.

Peter Law

Huge numbersVideoCommentsPremiumOnline poll’s overwhelming support for WA border stance

Mark McGowan is riding an unprecedented wave of social media popularity as tens of thousands flocked online to show their support for the Premier’s border stance via The West Australian’s online poll.

Josh Zimmerman

Extreme virusCommentsPremiumStopping movement key to COVID containment: Paul Kelly

Acting Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly says States and Territories have been protected by closing Australia off to international travellers, but wouldn’t be drawn on WA’s hard border.

Sarah Ison

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