Australian coronavirus contact tracing app voluntary and with 'no hidden agenda', minister says

Stuart Robert says people can be assured there will be no geolocation, surveillance or tracking

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The Covid trace app is "entirely voluntary", will not be a surveillance device and is designed to speed up coronavirus testing, the government services minister, Stuart Robert, has said.

"It is a big team Australia moment," he said. "When this app is released in the next week or two we really need every Australian to download it and to run it, so that if indeed your family, you, come into contact with somebody with the virus, you can rest assured that health officials will rapidly contact you and seek to provide the best care possible to you."