South Australian Premier Steven Marshall says there are 'question marks' over a planned border reopening on July 20 as NSW deals with new coronavirus clusters. Follow live.
The Federal Opposition has labelled the government's CovidSafe app an "expensive dud," with health authorities yet to find a single case of COVID-19 using the tracing technology.says senior Labor figures have been speaking out about the $2 million app, which was introduced by the Federal government to help with contact tracing when someone had been diagnosed with the virus.
Yesterday, Shadow Health Minister Chris Bowen told the ABC the app was a failure, accusing the government of overselling and underdelivering. Today, Shadow Government Services Minister Bill Shorten said pen and paper appeared to be more efficient than the app."We are now in a situation where when you go out… you have to write down on a piece of paper, with your pen — your phone number.
"Congratulations Government, we're now in a situation where we've rediscovered pen and paper as our best tracing app."
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