Tag: COVID-19

Govt paid $2m for COVID info app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government paid a local mobile-first digital services company nearly $2 million to build its official COVID-19 information app. Canberra-based tech firm Delv was contracted by the Digital...

Digital groups call for COVID app transparency

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is yet to respond to a series of transparency and data security issues surrounding its official COVID-19 information app that have been raised by a number...

Govt considers Apple-Google trace plan

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is considering using the new technology-based COVID-19 contact tracing framework to be provided via an Apple and Google collaboration, as it appears set to launch an...

APRA licence pause will ‘stifle innovation’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The prudential regulator’s decision to stop issuing new banking licences for at least six months will “stifle innovation” and cripple FinTechs, according to FinTech Australia. The Australian Prudential Regulation...

Telehealth and the tale of two pandemics

Posted on   |  by Marie Johnson
More than 400 million people globally have it. 18 million people will die every year from it. By 2030, the estimated global costs is a staggering $1 trillion. COVID-19?...

Govt orders $31m in Aust built respirators

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has reached a $31 million agreement with a consortium of manufacturers and engineering firms led by Victorian design engineers Grey Innovation to produce 2,000 ventilators by...

JobKeeper carve out for high growth startups

Posted on   |  by James Riley
High-growth companies that have been impacted by the health and economic crisis have been thrown a lifeline with a special carve-out to access the historic $130 billion JobKeeper package...

Push for pan-Europe contact tracing app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The European Union’s privacy commissioner has called for the coordinated use of COVID-19 contact tracing apps to ensure privacy is upheld as much as possible. European Data Protection Supervisor...

Telehealth roll-out should be permanent

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The rapid expansion in the use of telehealth due to the COVID-19 pandemic could transform healthcare in Australia in the longer-term, and many of the recent policy changes should...