Tag: COVIDSafe app

COVIDSafe data: 14 new contacts, none outside NSW

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s much-hyped contact tracing app has identified just 14 new close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases, and none outside of New South Wales, nearly six months after...

The trust deficit of temporary telehealth

Posted on   |  by Marie Johnson
Over the past week, there were two very significant announcements regarding healthcare. But the announcements could not have been more different in terms of ambition, future focus and person...

Trust in govt surges through pandemic: Study

Posted on   |  by James Riley
It has been a pretty safe bet, anecdotally at least, to say that trust in government has increased since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Researchers at Curtain University...

DTA releases COVIDSafe encryption details

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Digital Transformation Agency has finally released details of the encryption process behind its COVIDSafe contact tracing app, but no further information on the server used to store the...

ANU’s shoddy treatment of academic freedom

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian National University has denied it was pressured by Boston Consulting Group to remove an academic from a panel discussion on the COVIDSafe app in an incident that...

Strange times at ANU and a COVIDSafe gag

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian National University has admitted the academic freedom of one of its staff may have been jeopardised after she was removed from a panel discussion on COVIDSafe which...

‘No way’ govt will switch to GApple app

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
There is “no way” the government will switch to the Google and Apple model for digital contact tracing, with Government Services Minister Stuart Robert’s office labelling the tech giants’...

Govt urged to ditch COVIDSafe for GApple

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Australian government has been urged to follow the footsteps of the UK and ditch its contact tracing app in favour of the model provided by Apple and Google,...

No contacts through COVIDSafe app yet

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
No useful information has been provided by COVIDSafe since it was launched more than six weeks ago, with health departments around the country having “limited opportunity” to utilise the...