Changes to pre-departure testing for international arrivals to Australia

On Friday Friday, 21 January 2022, the Australian Government has provided a joint media release with the Hon. Greg Hunt MP which states that

Under the Biosecurity Act 2015 the Government will change the requirements for a pre-departure test of any nucleic acid amplification test (such as PCR tests) within three days, to allow the flexibility for passengers to instead show a negative test result through a rapid antigen test (RAT) within 24 hours of the flight departure time.

These changes came into effect from 1.00am Sunday 23 January 2022. For more details, read the full media release here.