Mobile phone tracking software could become compulsory if not enough Australians voluntarily download the application to help in coronavirus case tracing.
if not enough Australians voluntarily download the application to help in coronavirus case tracing.
It would allow contact tracers to have information immediately rather than waiting hours or even days as they currently do. Labor leader Anthony Albanese - who found out about the app in the newspaper - is concerned about the prospect of forcibly being tracked. "It's up to the government, frankly, to explain exactly what it has in mind with this app and to be very clear with the Australian public about whether it is going to be voluntary or whether it is going to be some level of compulsion involved."The app is being developed based on a Singaporean version, TraceTogether.
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