As Western Australia's hard border falls for the first time in nearly 700 days, Premier Mark McGowan says he cannot guarantee it is gone for good.
WA Premier Mark McGowan says he cannot rule out the possibility of reinstating a hard border in the futureEpidemiologist Catherine Bennett says hard borders were now redundant as states move beyond COVID-zero
But he told 7.30 could not rule out the border being used again for pandemic management in the future."If there is another pandemic, the High Court has ruled that these things are available, and they work.Read our full coverage of the coronavirus pandemic Mr McGowan said he thought it was unlikely hard borders would be needed again during the current pandemic, but would not rule that out either.
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