Tag: Chris Bowen

$50m govt plan to build up AdBlue supplies

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government has committed nearly $50 million to rebuilding the domestic supply of diesel exhaust fluid with a national stockpile and a new grants program after Australia almost...

Albo pitches renewables revolution

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has told a clean energy summit Australia can’t afford to waste any more time in the transition to renewable energy, hours after the Prime Minister...

COVIDSafe app has ‘failed’ Victoria: Watts

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s much-hyped COVIDSafe contact tracing app has “failed” Victoria and changes are needed urgently to ensure it works effectively in other states, according to the Opposition. While...

Tracing app draft legislation points the way

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Opposition and privacy and civil liberties experts have welcomed the release of draft legislation enshrining privacy safeguards and protections around the COVID-19 contact tracing app, but there is...

COVIDSafe code to be released within two weeks

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The source code of the federal government’s contact tracing app will be made public within two weeks after more than 2 million Australians downloaded the service in just one...

COVIDSafe app lands, sourcecode yet to come

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government launched its controversial COVIDSafe contact tracing app on Sunday, and published a Privacy Impact Assessment as it seeks to boost public confidence and trust in the system...

Labor in the dark on contact tracing

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Opposition has not been consulted at all on the federal government’s plans for developing a COVID-19 contact tracing app, amid concerns it will “fail” unless privacy and protections...