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The Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) has been supplying free rapid antigen tests (RATs) to ensure eligible services providers can support the needs of our priority client groups.
The priority groups include:
In addition, Service NSW service centres are providing free RATs to all members of the community.
Your organisation is eligible to access RATs for services provided to any of the priority client groups listed above.
In addition, your organisation must either:
You can order RATs at any time, using our online order form.
Each order can be in batches of 400, up to 3 boxes per order. Plan ahead so that your organisation has enough RATs.
The RATs are free and will be delivered at no cost to the address you nominate when ordering.
We expect demand to be high, so please be patient for receiving your order.
The NSW Government is committed to protecting the community and providing RATs to those in need.
This initiative ensures organisations and individuals can be supported for the early detection and treatment of COVID-19.
You can read more in Ministers Coure and Maclaren-Jones media release dated 15 July 2022 and Minister Maclaren-Jones media release dated 22 April 2022 and Minister Maclaren-Jones media release dated 25 January 2023.
21 Apr 2023
We acknowledge Aboriginal people as the First Nations Peoples of NSW and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and future.
Informed by lessons of the past, Department of Communities and Justice is improving how we work with Aboriginal people and communities. We listen and learn from the knowledge, strength and resilience of Stolen Generations Survivors, Aboriginal Elders and Aboriginal communities.
You can access our apology to the Stolen Generations.