Senate debates

Tuesday, 12 May 2020

Questions without Notice

Covid-19

2:07 pm

Photo of Michaelia CashMichaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

In the first instance, as a country, we have now seen in excess of 5.8 million Australians download and register for the COVIDSafe app. Now, more than anything, as we commence that road to recovery, we encourage even more Australians to download the COVIDSafe app. This is an important public health initiative that will keep Australians safe from the further spread of COVID-19 through early notification of possible exposure.

We've also seen a three-step road map adopted by all states and territories, and we now have the capacity to meet all of the foreseeable scenarios in Australia. Again, I congratulate Australians for the hard work that they have undertaken. Through the steps that they have taken, we have managed to flatten the curve through our containment measures, and we have also been able to adopt—

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