PM told to 'call his dogs off' after stoush erupts over coronavirus international arrivals cap

 The Prime Minister must "call his dogs off" in the growing fight over which states will increase their intake of Australians returning from overseas to quarantine, Western Australia's Health Minister has said.

Key points:

There are 27,000 Australian residents living overseas who want to return

The Commonwealth wants to lift the cap on international arrivals to 6,000

WA is being asked to take another 500 on top of their current intake

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack said he had written to state and territory leaders requesting that the cap on international arrivals, which currently sits at about 4,000 people per week, be raised to 6,000 per week.

The Federal Government wants WA to take an extra 500 people per week.

However WA Premier Mark McGowan has told media during a doorstop he had not yet received the letter so he had not been able to consider it.

Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-16/wa-premier-mark-mcgowan-flags-reopening-rottnest-quarantine-zone/12668554