Senate debates

Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Bills

Privacy Amendment (Public Health Contact Information) Bill 2020; In Committee

12:37 pm

Photo of Marise PayneMarise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

As I think was canvassed in the debate earlier, and I wasn't here for all of it, I acknowledge, the desire in relation to the app is to have as many people be like you and me—to download the app to assist in the process, particularly around contact tracing—and the ambition is for this to be as many Australians as possible. But the approach to easing of restrictions, as you will have seen through the national cabinet process, is based on the health advice that's received through the AHPPC, where it's possible for Australia and Australians to do. And the states and territories—your state, my state; quite different in their approaches—are using that as the premise, not based on the number of people who have downloaded the app.

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