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The Australian federal police have launched an investigation into price gouging rapid antigen tests, warning people that re-selling them for “more than 20 per cent of the original retail purchase price,” is a crime punishable with up to five years imprisonment.
Here is what they had to say:
Two investigations have begun in Queensland and NSW after referrals from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
More referrals are expected and will be coordinated under the AFP’s Taskforce LOTUS, which was established in 2021 as a targeted and scalable response to potential criminal threats to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
It’s very frustrating for Australia because Ellume are now are exporting 100,000 tests every day to the United States because the US government backed them and the Australian government didn’t.
Fundamentally, the supply chain relies almost entirely on China to Australia now, which is a risky issue if China suddenly decides that it needs to domesticate all of its testing because of an outbreak there.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2022/jan/21/australia-covid-news-live-western-australia-delays-border-reopening-states-expected-to-announce-back-to-school-plans
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