The federal government has dismissed Beijing's threats of retaliation after its decision to impose mandatory testing on travellers flying into Australia amid a surge of COVID cases in China.
From Thursday, travellers from China will be forced to take a pre-departure COVID-19 test and record a negative result before making the journey to Australia – a move that has sparked anger from China's authorities.
It follows a number of other countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Japan and India, also imposing new testing regimes on travellers from China.
