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Pre-flight testing dropped for international arrivals

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Travellers departing for Australia will no longer be required to undergo pre-departure COVID-19 tests, under changes to biosecurity rules due to come into effect next month.

Health Minister Greg Hunt announced on Friday he would not extend restrictions requiring arriving travellers to present a negative result beyond April 17, when the existing rule extension is due to lapse.

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Tom McIlroy was the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief.
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