Call me selfish, but I think we have it pretty good over here because of his firm stance. I do feel sorry for everyone out of WA wanting to get back in but as soon as the boarders were opened WA would've been as screwed as the rest of the country. Our economy is booming mining sector booming which feeds the whole country, we're living life as normal. Why destroy that. All my family members and mates that live on the east coast have or had covid. All of which had a ticket booked for Feb 5 an instant wave of covid over here would've fecked WA. Anti vax protests like on the weekend where 40000 people attended prove that WA is not ready to open up.

The rest of the world is "open", not WA. Lets stop being blind, we are in no better position than anywhere else and once we open we will be worse off the longer we wait. What happens if the mild omicron variant is over taken by a more severe variant?

My 2c anyway. Need to stop hating on the people vocal about keeping our human rights in tact and advocating pro choice, especially for kids.

Love from a double jabbed muppet. 

 I get why people might think this is a good idea.

But...maybe have a look at what Japan is doing.

They're normally a pretty smart lot.

 There goes my Clare valley trip 

Damned if you do and damned if you don't

Just wondering if any decision made by the government around covid would be the correct one,

McGowan has the toughest job in the country at the moment, and sadly he can't please everyone.

I look at this way, if a private enterprise company directed you to work knowing your chances of catching covid and getting sick or worse were increased by that decision there would be hell to pay,

Why should the Government not to treated the same way as a private company and be liable for causing injury and or death by knowingly opening up the borders and putting people at risk?

Just wondering.

 I support this move but fully understand why many don't. I agree with Skull that it's a no-win situation regardless of what he does. I'll just sit back and wait it out. I know the chances of getting very sick or dying are very slim but if it's one of my loved ones then it is very significant.

Planning to go to Port Douglas towards the end of the year Andy, restrictions permitting! 

 Pure politics now, he wants Covid to come in but not through his decision to open borders. We can't shut off forever, let's get on with it, everyone has had enough time to get the vaccine.

The absence of an opening date is a real hole in his plan, not that anyone will trust it again.

I got told I needed to get vaccinated or lose my job and that it would stop covid

I got told I needed to get double vaccinated or lose my job and that it would stop covid 

now I'm told I need the booster or lose my job, and that it'll stop covid. 

when I got back from Queensland last I had to quarantine 14 days over Christmas and New Years (even before it became extreme risk). I asked the copper at the airport if me being double vaccinated made any difference and he said unfortunately not. 
I was told that we'll be opening up feb 5th and that my replacement for work will be coming so I won't have to work every day.. 

they keep moving the goal posts and I'm supposed to be getting married in April.. we'll see what lord mcgowan says in April I guess? 

 

 Crisis management is done on the run to protect the most vulnerable with the information you have on the day not what you had last month think this is a good call.

 Tough one, for example karratha has a 40 bed hospital, 20 odd thousand people. The maths doesn't work if there's a super spreader event and everyone goes down at once..