Friday, January 7, 2022 12:25 p.m.
By Monique Welhan
The state government has announced that the mask requirement for residents of Perth and Peel will be lifted on Friday, January 7th, starting at 6 p.m.
Masks are only needed in high-risk environments such as hospitals, elderly and disabled services, on public transportation, and in taxis and ridesharing.
« Although tonight it’s fantastic to be able to meet the requirements for the Wearing masks to loosen up safely, we are not out of the woods yet, « said incumbent Prime Minister Roger Cook.
For venues and events such as nightclubs, music festivals and major events over 500 people, pubs and taverns with a capacity of more than 500 people or licensed venues open after midnight, events with an occasional liquor license, and the Crown Gaming floor.
« This requirement means that anyone present or working in these environments is safer, » said Cook.
The state government will be launching a new mobile app next week to integrate vaccination records into SafeWA check-ins en.
Western Australians are strongly advised to continue using SafeWA or registering their contact information with companies and locations where contact registers are mandatory.
The Mandurah Museum reopens this weekend (January 8th and 9th) with free activities for the whole family from 10am to 3pm.
The Mandurah Train Line is slated to reopen on January 15th as work on the METRONET Thornlie-Cockburn link continues.
The residents of Perth and Peel will know to this day whether the mask mandate will be lifted or whether it will remain.
Police released footage of two crabs that were rescued near Mandurah.
Police are telling drivers in the Jandakot area to look for a missing 40-year-old man.
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Firefighters stay at the site of a large bush fire in Coodanup.
Nine single-use plastic items will phase out in Western Australia on January 1, 2022.
A man was charged after allegedly starting a fire in a 44-gallon drum that serpentine destroyed a house, two trailers, a shed and two cars.
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