❓ Ms. Davies asks the Premier about the specific community daily case load threshold recommended by the Chief Health Officer for reconsidering border restrictions. The Premier avoids providing a specific number, stating the matter is under review and setting a date would be arbitrary and potentially incorrect.
AnsweredQoN 30Legislative Assembly
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CORONAVIRUS —
INTERSTATE BORDER RESTRICTIONS
30. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I refer to the Chief Health Officer's
advice to the Premier dated 19 January in which the Chief Health Officer
advised that consideration should be given to opening the borders when Western Australia
reaches a community daily case load above a threshold
level. What is the community daily case load threshold level to which the Chief Health Officer referred?
INTERSTATE BORDER RESTRICTIONS
30. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
I refer to the Chief Health Officer's
advice to the Premier dated 19 January in which the Chief Health Officer
advised that consideration should be given to opening the borders when Western Australia
reaches a community daily case load above a threshold
level. What is the community daily case load threshold level to which the Chief Health Officer referred?
AnswerView source ↗
It
is currently under consideration as part of the review. As we said at that
point in time, we are undertaking a review. Had we arbitrarily set
another date back on 20 January, it may well have been that the review found
that the date was incorrect. Setting a date in the COVID environment is often
fraught. That is what I have found, and I think other state governments have
also found that. I suspect that other state governments have found to their
detriment that setting a hard date and following through with it despite what
has occurred was a mistake. There were no easy choices and there were no easy
answers with all of this; however, we did the right thing for the right
reasons. Although it has caused a degree of grief and unpopularity, doing
difficult things is what we should all be about.
is currently under consideration as part of the review. As we said at that
point in time, we are undertaking a review. Had we arbitrarily set
another date back on 20 January, it may well have been that the review found
that the date was incorrect. Setting a date in the COVID environment is often
fraught. That is what I have found, and I think other state governments have
also found that. I suspect that other state governments have found to their
detriment that setting a hard date and following through with it despite what
has occurred was a mistake. There were no easy choices and there were no easy
answers with all of this; however, we did the right thing for the right
reasons. Although it has caused a degree of grief and unpopularity, doing
difficult things is what we should all be about.
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