Western Australia will not hand over its COVID-19 vaccines to help New South Wales deal with its outbreak, with Premier Mark McGowan telling NSW it must lock down properly if it wants to "crush and kill" the virus.
Key points:
- Premier Mark McGowan says the state will not be giving its vaccines to NSW
- He says NSW needs to do more to 'crush' and stop the spread of the virus
- Western Australia recorded no new local cases of COVID-19 on Friday
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian had asked state and territory leaders to share their Pfizer vaccines with the state.
But after National Cabinet, it emerged the other states, including WA, had rejected Ms Berejiklian's request.
Mr McGowan said under the national agreement, each state received its share of vaccines and vaccinated its population as soon as possible.
"We're looking at what we can do but we're not prepared to hand over our vaccines," Mr McGowan said.
"We need to get people vaccinated just like every other state does.
"The sooner we're all vaccinated, the quicker we can get out of this situation we're in."
WA is expanding its COVID-19 vaccination rollout with two new mass vaccination clinics coming soon to Perth CBD and Centrepoint Midland.
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)The current clinic at Claremont show grounds will be expanded from 40 to 60 booths, allowing for an extra 2,400 doses to be administered each day.
Bring in military to enforce restrictions, McGowan says
Mr McGowan said it was time for NSW to end "half-baked measures' and 'inexplicable" rules and even suggested bringing in the military to enforce COVID restrictions.
"It's a risk to both New South Wales and to every other state and territory.
"Whether it's getting the ADF out there to assist, soldiers, airmen, sailors, whatever it might take.
"All of these things need to be put in place."
He described some of the rules around exercise in NSW as "frankly inexplicable."
Shipping companies need to keep crew on board
State and territory transport ministers will work with major shipping companies to address the risk of ships coming to Australia via Indonesia with COVID-19 positive crew on board, Mr McGowan said.
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)He said he raised the issue at National Cabinet.
"The shipping companies need to put effort into keeping their crews on board when they are in Indonesian ports," he said.
The BBC California is the latest of several ships to dock in Indonesia before coming to WA.
Of the 14 crew members on the ship, 10 positive cases remain on board, along with an engineer who tested negative but needs to remain on the ship for its operation.
The other three crew, who tested negative, are in hotel quarantine.
WA helping NSW with contact tracing and testing
His advice to the NSW government was to follow WA's example and lock down hard.
"The virus must be crushed and killed as soon as possible," he said.
"We want the New South Wales government to succeed.
"We need the New South Wales government to succeed in crushing the virus.
"Our experience is if you lock down properly and use every weapon in your arsenal then you can kill it.
"That's what new South Wales needs to do."
WA recorded no new local cases of COVID-19 overnight.
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