Totally agree, it seems unacceptable the delay in lodging-seems...

Totally agree, it seems unacceptable the delay in lodging-seems to have been around the time negotiations for revised agreement with US company were being unfolded, perhaps this was a reason for the delay.
From a bystander’s perspective we needed to hit Australian market visibly when TGA revised their decision for home/personal RAT to ensure that we had a chance for Australian consumers to be familiar with us at the commencement of mass roll out of RAT; I might even go as far as to say that if we were known about, and promoted as an “Australian company at forefront of new RAT protocol” then some consumers may have decided to spend the extra $ to support this Australian company.
Cost wise I’m concerned we will be more expensive than others; possibly an ill-founded supposition but based on our apparent inability to secure tender processes at Federal and State levels over past months.