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WATCH LIVE: Mark McGowan provides COVID-19 update on new cases, Perth and Peel restrictions

Hundreds of close contacts have been forced into quarantine over Christmas Day as the fallout from a COVID-positive backpacker continues.

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Mark McGowan will provide a COVID-19 update at 11.30am (AWST) on Friday. You can watch the press conference live in the video player ABOVE as soon as it’s available.

Why the unvaccinated backpacker who sparked Perth’s COVID restrictions was allowed into WA

Questions are being asked over how the 25-year-old French national made it to Western Australia, where he tested positive for COVID-19.

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Questions are being asked over how an unvaccinated backpacker was allowed into Western Australia, where he tested positive for COVID-19.

RESTRICTIONS REINSTATED: Mark McGowan announces immediate return of mask mandate

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WA will require masks at indoor venues and in large crowds outdoors, for another week.

WATCH LIVE: Mark McGowan provides COVID-19 update amid fears of new restrictions

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WA Premier Mark McGowan will address the state’s COVID-19 concern after an infected man attended at least one Perth nightclub over the weekend.

Mark McGowan announces new COVID-19 vaccine mandate for Western Australia

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Mark McGowan has mandated a third COVID vaccine for workers included in the compulsory vaccine program.

‘Die in a hole’: Alleged anti-vaxxer threats against WA premier revealed in court

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Two men are accused of making phone calls to Mark McGowan threatening to ‘behead’ his family and calling him ‘Hitler’.