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The shadow immigration minister, Dan Tehan, has called on the Albanese government to release medical advice underpinning the decision not to require travellers from China to show a negative covid test.

Tehan said Australians should be concerned about the spike in cases, and need to be “fully advised of all the risks”.

One of the things the previous government did was make sure that it was the health advice that came first, the safety of Australians came first. We have to make sure that is the position the current government is taking, and they need to be very transparent about that: release the medical advice.