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As vax rates continue to climb, states and territories must decide on their vision to deal with COVID. Some have conceded that we’ve got to live with the virus, while others are staying firmly shut. Western Australia has the strictest rules in the country, where they’re pursuing COVID zero and want 90 per cent of their population vaccinated before easing restrictions. But the hard border has consequences, like labour shortages that are threatening to decimate parts of WA’s agriculture industry. Live guests: Jenna Clarke, political columnist at The West Australian Mick Fels is from WA Farmers Tim Soutphommasane, Director of Culture Strategy at the University of Sydney