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Coronavirus crisisGatherings should be limited to just two people

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has advised people not to gather in bigger groups than just two people, after re-assessing the 10 person limits that are now enforceable in States.

Annabel Hennessy and Sarah Ison

‘I thought I would die’COVID-19 survivors aged five to 63 speak out

Thoughts of dying and fear takes hold as survivors — young and old — recall their nightmare ordeal in an effort to remind people that the virus does not discriminate.

Emergency powersGeraldton pensioner charged for failing to self-isolate

The 73-year-old allegedly failed to meet quarantine demands after he flew back to WA from New Zealand on Thursday last week.

Getting tough‘We want to save your lives’: McGowan’s distancing plea

As WA records 33 new cases, the Premier has threatened to shut down any beach if people breach social distancing and gathering rules, with the main focus on Scarborough and Cottesloe.

Sarah Steger

Mandatory isolationIN PICTURES: Rotto prepares for cruise ship quarantine

The vessel’s 200 West Australians are set to be transferred by private ferry to WA’s island paradise today or Monday, where they will spend the next fortnight in mandatory isolation.

Josh Zimmerman and Carmelle Wilkinson

Horror holidayNZ passengers fly home after ‘nightmare’ cruise

New Zealand passengers from the cruise ship Vasco da Gama were in good spirits ahead of their flight home from Perth last night despite their ‘nightmare’ experience.

Justin Bianchini and Anton La Macchia

Pay reliefUK-style wage subsidy scheme on cards for Australia

The Morrison Government is working on a wage subsidy so that business can keep workers on their payrolls during the coronavirus crisis.

Colin Brinsden

LiveSkate parks, playgrounds to close due to new measures

In light of new measures to prevent gatherings of no more than two people, skate parks, outdoor gyms and playgrounds will close. FOLLOW ALL THE LATEST ON COVID-19 IN OUR LIVE BLOG.

COVID-19Why not keeping your distance can kill kids like Joel

While most in Australia are just becoming familiar with social distancing, for Bunbury teen Joel Schaeche-Odine the practice has been a necessity his whole life.

Kate Ryan

Economic tollSave the builders: Satterley implores against shutdown

Property developer Nigel Satterley wants the WA Government to approve $30k grants and implored it not to shut down the building and civil construction industry, saying it would decimate the sector.

Joe Spagnolo

COVID-19Hefty on the spot fines for ignoring social distance

A new police enforcement squad will hand out large on-the-spot fines to West Australians who blatantly flout COVID-19 restrictions, including self-isolation and social distancing rules.

Joe Spagnolo

COVID-19 chaosHealth industry floored by cruise ship plan

The State’s medical community has been left reeling by revelations private hospitals will be required to treat scores of German cruise ship passengers and crew infected with COVID-19.

Josh Zimmerman and Joe Spagnolo

Behind the scenesMcGowan: A day in the life of a ‘wartime’ premier

As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of Western Australia, Premier Mark McGowan found himself in charge of steering the state through an international crisis. Here is what that looks like.

Joe Spagnolo

tell-all interviewCousins ‘sorry for creating Eagles drug culture’

Ben Cousins has apologised to West Coast for helping cultivate the drug culture that derailed the powerhouse club for several years.

Sam Landsberger and Fiona Byrne

Save our jobsPM, we need wage guarantees, not millions on the dole

In wartime, economies of nations gear up to produce weapons, tanks, planes, munitions and supplies. Here, precisely the opposite is happening. We are shutting down, with devastating cascading effects.

Gareth Parker

WATCH THE VIDEOPerth parents’ ‘drive-by’ birthday party for son, 3

In Palmyra, coronavirus chaos couldn’t stop Jessica and Nathan Peake throwing their three-year-old son Louie the third birthday party of his dreams while also staying safe.

Carmelle Wilkinson

Experts share ...What you can do to help kids cope in a changing world

Not since World War II have our children’s freedoms been so heavily curtailed. How can parents soften the blow and protect both their children’s physical and metal wellbeing?

Laura Newell

COVID crisisCruises our ‘Achilles heel’ with 46 on Artania COVID+

Cruise ships continue to be the State’s “Achilles Heel” when it comes to combating the spread of coronavirus according to the WA Premier who revealed 46 passengers on the Artania had tested positive.

Sad dayGood Sammy closes WA stores to safeguard staff

Good Sammy has closed 29 shops across WA for the first time in the store’s 62-year history.

Sarah Steger

Live to workDoes coronavirus spell the end for Generation Busy?

As the pandemic upends our working life on a scale not seen since World War II, many millennials are facing a challenge: can a work-obsessed generation switch off?

Kate Emery

Race inIt’s a whole new ball game for fitness at home

Home gym equipment has become one of the latest targets of panic buying as fitness fanatics come to grips with the latest wave of business closures.

Kate Purnell

EXCLUSIVETwo Perth private hospitals to take Artania passengers

The hospitals in Perth’s western suburbs will be used to accept up to 70 cruise ship passengers potentially infected with COVID-19, with Federal police to provide security.

Joe Spagnolo