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Morrison’s penny-pinching on COVID tests doesn’t add up

Scott Morrison’s sudden penny-pinching over relatively cheap rapid antigen tests is politically perilous.

Andrew Tillett

Having spent hundreds of billions to prop up businesses and keep people employed and billions more on vaccines and testing, Scott Morrison’s sudden penny-pinching over relatively cheap rapid antigen tests is politically perilous.

First up, the maths doesn’t make sense. In the Prime Minister’s own words, a rapid antigen test (RAT) costs just $15 at the shops.

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Andrew Tillett writes on politics, foreign affairs, defence and security from the Canberra press gallery. Connect with Andrew on Facebook and Twitter. Email Andrew at andrew.tillett@afr.com

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