The federal government has scrapped the $21 million COVIDSafe app, amid a shift away from contact tracing and criticisms by health researchers the program was not useful at identifying potential COVID-19 cases.
The app was launched in April 2020. Designed to assist in contact tracing, former prime minister Scott Morrison described it as the “ticket to ensuring we can ease restrictions”.
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Michael Read is the Financial Review's economics correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com
