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Mark McGowan refuses to even consider reopening Western Australia until two months after vaccination rates are as high as 90 per cent.
The premier showed no concern that this would separate families until as late as Easter next year, and even claimed to have the support of 95 per cent for four states.
Mr McGowan gloated that WA had not had a case of Covid since late June, 'and when we did, it came in from Sydney' on the Today show on Monday.
Described as a Covid-free 'zealot', Mr McGowan insisted vaccination rates in WA would need to be 80-90 per cent before he would consider opening the state to visitors from eastern seaboard states.
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has insisted his state must reach up to 90 percent of the eligible population vaccinated before he will reconsider re-opening to Covid-affected eastern states
'Once we get to high levels of vaccination we will set a date to reopening to the Covid-infected states of NSW, Victoria and ACT... That may be two months from then,' he said.
'That will allow more people to get vaccinated and when it is safe to do so, we will open to those states.
Mr McGowan claimed that if the shoe was on the other foot, NSW and Victoria would
