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Coronavirus (COVID-19) information

WA Recovery Plan

The WA Recovery Plan was released on 26 July 2020.

The $5.5 billion plan outlines how WA will bounce back from the impacts of COVID-19 to reposition itself as a thriving and innovative place in which to live, work, visit and do business.

For more information, visit wa.gov.au

Current restrictions

The Western Australian Government has a phased Roadmap to carefully ease COVID-19 restrictions and re-start the state’s economy.

Phase 4 of the Roadmap commenced on 27 June 2020.

More information about COVID-19 and the current restrictions in Western Australia is available from wa.gov.au

COVID-19 Hotline

A WA COVID hotline has been established to help answer questions on the current COVID-19 state of emergency. The 13COVID (13 26 843) line operates from 8am – 6pm, Monday to Friday.

For interstate inquiries, please call 1800 595 206.

Information for businesses and industry

The WA Government has a dedicated web page for information for businesses and industry.
For national information and data, visit the Australian Government’s Department of Health COVID-19 website.
The department has compiled a list of list of organisations that are providing support to businesses and industry.
For further detail, or to provide business and industry information, contact the department by phone or email

International students

The StudyPerth Crisis Relief program has been established to address the acute needs of international students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions.

The program is supported by the WA Government and aims to support:

individual international students in WA who are in immediate, emergency need of food or shelter
eligible organisations and associations who are able to support international students with food, shelter, rights and support, and health and wellbeing.

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