Premier Mark McGowan has warned NSW and Victoria residents could remain locked out of his state until halfway through next year.
Western Australia has officially become the last jurisdiction to announce clear reopening plans and will remain tightly closed to the eastern states for Christmas.
Additionally, the premier on Tuesday indicated he will only remove current border restrictions for NSW and Victoria in the first six months of 2022.
'We'll get to a reunion with people in NSW and Victoria sometime in the first half of next year,' Mr McGowan said.
Premier Mark McGowan has warned NSW and Victoria residents could remain locked out of his state until halfway through next year (pictured, a couple walk along Cottesloe Beach in Perth)
The premier on Tuesday indicated he will only remove border restrictions with NSW and Victoria sometime in the first six months of 2022 (pictured, a woman at Perth Airport)
'I know this will be a huge relief for so many South Australians who are wanting to get back to normality as soon as possible,' Premier Steven Marshall (pictured) said of his reopening plan
'I'm one of those people. I'm seeing my parents again sometime in the first half of next year.'
The premier said residents owed it to themselves, their families and small businesses who yearned for a 'relatively normal' Christmas to keep the current rules in place.
He said this would avoid having to enforce restrictions currently in place in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland and South Australia.
Western Australia and Northern Territory will be the only no-go zones in Australia this Christmas as the rest of the country finally comes out of Covid isolation.
South Australia became the latest state to confirm a date to throw open its doors to visitors again, with vaccinated travellers welcome from November 23.
It means a happy Christmas is ahead with summer holidays and overdue interstate family reunions for visitors from NSW, Victoria, and ACT.
In contrast, Mr McGowan has repeatedly refused to give a concrete date for when the state will reopen after 80 and 90 per cent of the population is fully vaccinated.
Western Australia and the Northern Territory will be the only no go zones in Australia as families reunite this Christmas (stock image)
Premier Mark McGowan (pictured) has said residents will get a reunion with NSW and Victoria 'sometime in the first half of next year'
'The thing about their model is they're putting in place all sorts of restrictions so they've got density limits on cafes, restaurants, bars,' Mr McGowan said of South Australia's reopening
