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The New South Wales premier, Dominic Pettottet, has defended his government’s decision-making during the pandemic, as the federal government tries to shift this weekend’s protest anger in the nation’s capital towards the states.
It comes as Australia-wide at least 47 deaths were reported and the Western Australia government warned restrictions were likely to be introduced as cases in that state rose.
Read the original article at The Guardian