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A fully-vaccinated Sydney woman has told of the 'torturous' pain of being unable to see her dying sister in Perth due to Western Australia's hard border closure.
Chantal Robertson's sister Natalie was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2020 and is now being treated in palliative care.
Ms Robertson has been told her sister may only have days to live, but cannot get into WA to say goodbye as the state classes all travellers from NSW 'extreme risk'.
The Sydneysider has already had her booster dose but is not eligible to quarantine for 14 days on arrival because of WA Premier Mark McGowan's hard border stance.
'What's being missed here is we have a family member who is loved and I don't understand why there is no way to say goodbye,' she told 2GB.
Mr McGowan last week abandoned plans to open up to the rest of the country on February 5, citing low third dose rates in WA and surging Omicron cases in the eastern states.
Sydney woman Chantal Robertson with her sister Natalie, who is dying from
