Tag: COVIDSafe

Govt releases overdue COVIDSafe app report

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Fewer than 800 people who tested positive for coronavirus in Australia had the COVIDsafe app and shared its data for contact tracing, according to a long-overdue government report into...

Govt releases highly redacted COVIDSafe report

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has been forced to release a report on the effectiveness of its controversial contact tracing app COVIDSafe, but has removed all parts relating to this and...

COVIDSafe not used in latest NSW outbreak

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s much-heralded COVIDSafe app is not even being used in New South Wales during the latest outbreak and is yet to identify any new close contacts this...

Govt fails to deliver COVIDSafe report

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has failed to produce a six-monthly report on the effectiveness of its COVIDSafe contact tracing app during the winter sitting of Parliament, despite promising to do...

Agencies getting COVIDSafe data by accident

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Law enforcement agencies have not accessed or decrypted any data from the federal government’s COVIDSafe app despite sometimes “incidentally” collecting information from it,  the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security...

COVIDSafe hasn’t found any contacts this year

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s COVIDSafe contact tracing app has not found any new contacts this year and has still identified just 17 people in total, with the agency behind it...

Govt report on COVIDSafe app long overdue

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A six-monthly report required by legislation on the effectiveness of COVIDSafe has still not been completed by the government, despite the contact tracing app launching more than a year...

Watchdog eyes govt digital ID scheme audit

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The national auditor is considering putting the federal government’s $450 million digital identity program under the microscope, with a planned review of the scheme’s budget and effectiveness. The Australian...

COVIDSafe costs up to $300k per month to run

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
COVIDSafe is costing up to $300,000 per month to continue running, with the federal government’s controversial contact tracing app not picking up any new close contacts anywhere in the...