Western Australia will ease its COVID-19 restrictions to Phase 4 on Saturday June 27, but the state's hard border will remain in place, Premier Mark McGowan has announced.
Key points:
- WA will move to the next phase of eased restrictions on June 27
- Major sport and entertainment venues can operate at 50 per cent capacity
- There is no date for when the interstate border will reopen
The change will see relaxed rules around the maximum number of people in a venue, and the need for patrons at bars, clubs and restaurants to sit while drinking alcohol.
It will be exactly three weeks since the introduction of Phase 3.
It comes as WA recorded zero new cases of COVID-19 today, compared to a spike in cases in Victoria.
Mr McGowan said under Phase 4 pubs and restaurants would no longer need to maintain a patron register, which he said would remove a burden for many businesses.
The Premier also announced a significant easing of rules for performance venues.
"Unseated performances will be allowed at venues such as concert halls, live music venues, bars and pubs," Mr McGowan said.
Gyms will also be able to operate unstaffed again but regular cleaning will need to be maintained.
Burswood Casino's gaming floor will also be allowed to reopen but every second machine will have to be turned off.
Up to 30,000 allowed at Perth Stadium
"Also from Saturday our major sport and entertainment venues will be able to operate under a fifty per cent capacity rule," the Premier said.
He said this meant up to 30,000 people for Perth's biggest sporting venue, Perth Stadium.
WA moved to Phase 3 restrictions on June 6.
Under Phase 3 West Australians were able to hold weddings and funerals of up to 100 people and beauticians had reopened their businesses.
Alcohol was able to be served without a meal but people needed to be seated, and indoor and outdoor venues with multiple spaces being allowed to welcome up to 300 people.
Border could have been lifted in August
Mr McGowan said before the recent spike in cases in Victoria he was going to announce a tentative date for WA's hard border to come down.
"I'd like to give an indicative date today, but if I did, it would be against our health advice and quite frankly it probably wouldn't hold.
"An indicative date will be set in the future when it is safe to do so.
"When we provide that date it will take into account the locally-acquired infection rates in the eastern states.
"To be clear, the WA hard border will only be removed when the Chief Health Officer of Western Australia is confident the spread of the infection is controlled in the eastern states."
New roadmap to normality announced
Mr McGowan did however announce two new stages to WA's COVID-19 plan, Phase 5 and Phase 6.
He said he planned to move the State to Phase 5 restrictions on Saturday July 18.
From that date, "all things going well", the two-square metre rule would be removed, as well as the 50 per cent capacity rule at major venues.
Phase 6 would likely see the removal of the hard state border and travel restrictions for remote Aboriginal communities.
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