So seeing how the QLD GOVT spends our money !! =
Brisbane Times today =
"Queensland’s health department has written off almost $200 million worth of expiring rapid COVID-19 tests it ordered for a dumped schools plan."
Auditor-General Brendan Worrall’s report noted a “large supply” of rapid tests amassed on behalf of other government agencies was based on the expectation they would be needed by all students and teachers.
However, a shift in the government’s
eventual 2022 back-to-school strategy at the height of the state’s first wave meant tests were required only for teachers and students who developed symptoms.
“The department increased the amount it expected to lose from obsolete inventory to $267.3 million (from $44.9 million in 2020–21),” the audit office report stated.
“This included an allowance of $195 million for obsolete RATs [rapid antigen tests]. This was because the current expiry dates of RATs ranged between January 2023 and June 2024 and the department had seen a significant reduction in demand.”