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how the west has always charted its own course, from secession to COVID

  • Written by David Lee, Associate Professor of History, UNSW
how the west has always charted its own course, from secession to COVIDFour secessionist delegates holding the proposed flag for Western Australia in 1934.State Library of WA

For nearly two years, Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan has sealed his state off from the rest of the world to pursue a hugely popular zero-COVID strategy.

Now the state is inching closer to reopening its borders to the world in early...

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