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Most state and territory governments say they are not using the Covid-19 tests brought to Australia by the billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest at a $200m cost to taxpayers, which the Guardian can reveal have been sent to the national medical stockpile rather than the coronavirus frontline.
But weeks later most states say they are not using the type of tests purchased by Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation, which were on-sold at cost to the government. Some say they have no need for any additional tests.
The mining magnate announced last month that he had secured 10m Covid-19 PCR tests for Australia from the Chinese manufacturer Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) at a cost of $200m, which would be refunded by the federal government.
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originally posted by: Thecakeisalie
Hello everyone, and a good coronavirus-sorry a good day to you.
In times of crises, desperate times call for desperate measures
originally posted by: Raggedyman
a reply to: Thecakeisalie
The link doesn’t work and I can’t find anything that confirms your story
Can you put another link up please
I think this is out of character for Twiggs but nothing would surprise me theses days