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Australian government urged to co-sponsor COVID-19 vaccine IP waiver

The opposition has urged the federal government to take a leading role on the waiver of COVID-19 vaccine-related intellectual property and form a global coalition in support of it,...

Greens, lawyers’ alliance in push to protect COVID check-in data

7 October 2021 | by Ben Grubb

The Greens and the Australian Lawyers Alliance are pushing for COVID-19 contact tracing check-in data to be used only for health reasons, following successful attempts by law-enforcement authorities in...

Digital ministers’ in vaccination certificate pact

27 September 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Australian governments are working to incorporate federal vaccination certificates into state and territory check in apps and are cooperating on home quarantine for fully vaccinated people as states and...

Five key questions about Australia’s digital arrival card makeover

16 September 2021 | by Mahmoud Elkhodrlia

OPINION: As Australia prepares to lift the ban on international travel, the federal government has awarded Irish-based IT multinational Accenture a $A75 million contract to develop a Digital Passenger...

Govt ‘kicking the can down the road’ on local mRNA manufacturing: Labor

14 September 2021 | by Denham Sadler

The opposition has accused the federal government of “kicking the can down the road” on plans to develop a domestic mRNA vaccine manufacturing capability, following revelations it doesn’t expect...

South Australia to expand use of facial recognition home quarantine app

13 September 2021 | by Denham Sadler

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall has lauded the state’s home quarantine app as a “great innovation” and revealed plans to expand its use around the nation as Australia’s borders...

Vaccine certificate data coming to state check-in apps

3 September 2021 | by Ben Grubb

State and territory COVID-19 check-in apps will be granted access to federal government data showing whether citizens have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, with the functionality expected to go...

Secret report slams COVIDSafe as ‘high cost, low benefit’

30 August 2021 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government was warned early this year that its $16 million COVIDSafe contact tracing app was ineffective in “very high-risk settings” and was wasting the time of state...

Concerns over SA’s quarantine tech trial

25 August 2021 | by Denham Sadler

Strict safeguards are needed around the South Australian government use of new technology for home quarantine, digital rights advocates say, with individuals to use facial recognition software and geolocation...

PwC paid $1m per month for vaccine rollout work

16 August 2021 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government is paying global consulting giant PwC nearly $1 million per month across 2021 to assist with its troubled COVID-19 vaccine rollout, under a previously secret contract...

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Australian government urged to co-sponsor COVID-19 vaccine IP waiver

Greens, lawyers’ alliance in push to protect COVID check-in data

Digital ministers’ in vaccination certificate pact

Five key questions about Australia’s digital arrival card makeover

Govt ‘kicking the can down the road’ on local mRNA manufacturing: Labor

South Australia to expand use of facial recognition home quarantine app

Vaccine certificate data coming to state check-in apps

Secret report slams COVIDSafe as ‘high cost, low benefit’

Concerns over SA’s quarantine tech trial

PwC paid $1m per month for vaccine rollout work

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