Right, and it feels like the plan is to stall as long as...

Right, and it feels like the plan is to stall as long as possible with ADO using the substandard RATs from companies such as Julie Bishops, until the surge begins to dissipate, of which time only PCRs will be govt subsidized in order to route taxpayer money to Pathology, who are known political party donators of high volumes of money.
Sounds kind of like a money laundering scheme to fund political parties, doesn't it.
Once the numbers drop the public are more likely to choose a "free" $100 PCR test over a $20 RAT...