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A Measure of Trust

Scott Morrison and another man stand between a 'Public health contact tracing app' sign and a sign of Peter Dutton's face as the 'Department of Home Affairs'. A tape measure is on the floor. They discuss 'physical distancing'.

To help with contact tracing, the government rolled out the COVIDSafe app in April. High uptake by the community was essential. However, as Pope highlights, concerns about privacy and government spying on citizens risked putting many people off. Just a month earlier, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton had renewed his calls for a ‘public debate’ on extending the government’s domestic surveillance powers. The Department of Health, however, implemented a robust framework to address people’s fears.