Rapid antigen tests: TGA approves home use, but Barr warns Canberrans will bear their own cost

Finn McHugh
Updated September 29 2021 - 7:38am, first published September 28 2021 - 4:30pm
Health Minister Greg Hunt says home use for rapid antigen tests is an important step. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Health Minister Greg Hunt says home use for rapid antigen tests is an important step. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Australians will be able to test themselves for COVID-19 in their own home in just over a month, but Canberrans have been told they'll bear the cost themselves.

Finn McHugh

Finn McHugh

Federal Political Reporter

Finn McHugh has been federal political reporter for The Canberra Times since July 2021. He joined the Canberra Press Gallery in 2019 where he was executive producer of Sky News's AM Agenda, before joining NCA NewsWire as a federal political reporter. He has previously interned at the Kuwait Times.