26 Jan 2022

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 26 January 2022
Australian High Commission, New Zealand.

Photo: RNZ / Alexander Robertson

Across the Tasman, on Australia Day there is much finger-pointing over who is responsible for the inability to buy rapid antigen tests, or RATs, as parents prepare to send their kids back to school next week. The federal government has been copping huge criticism for not being prepared with an adequate supply of RATs when the omicron wave hit in December.