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Who will see coronavirus contact tracing app data?

Doug Dingwall
Updated April 28 2020 - 7:42am, first published 12:00am
Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy is thrilled with the amount of people who have downloaded the app. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy is thrilled with the amount of people who have downloaded the app. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Early signs show Australians are registering faster than the federal government expected for its new app helping health authorities trace contacts of people with COVID-19.

Doug Dingwall

Doug Dingwall

Parliamentary bureau chief

Doug Dingwall is The Canberra Times' parliamentary bureau chief. He writes about government and federal politics, and has an interest in integrity, industrial relations and foreign affairs. Previously he worked at The Examiner in Launceston, where he won a Tasmanian Human Rights Award for his reporting. Contact him on doug.dingwall@canberratimes.com.au

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