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Australia news live updates: Scott Morrison visits NSW flood areas; government still spending $100000 a month on Covidsafe app – The Guardian

The prime minister announces small business and primary producer grants on visit to Wauchope with Gladys Berejiklian. Follow updates live

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The federal government is spending $100,000 a month to keep the Covidsafe contact tracing app running, despite QR code check-in systems largely substituting the app as Australia records almost no cases of community transmission.
Despite the prime minister describing it as sunscreen and key to unlocking Australia, just 17 contacts not otherwise identified through manual tracing methods have been found by the app in the 11 months since it launched, the digital transformation agency CEO, Randall Brugeaud,…

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