Families are paying thousands of dollars for COVID-19 tests to fly into and around Australia, prompting warnings from the tourism industry that it is a barrier to travel and will slow the recovery.
Tourism leaders want federal and state governments to allow incoming travellers to be allowed to use cheaper rapid antigen tests, rather than more expensive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests.
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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com
