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'Colossal waste of money,' Mark Butler kills failed COVIDSafe tracing app

Sarah Basford Canales
Karen Barlow
Updated August 10 2022 - 5:09pm, first published 4:55pm
Health Minister Mark Butler. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Health Minister Mark Butler. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The Morrison government's long dormant COVIDSafe contact tracing app has been consigned to the virtual trash bin with the Albanese government revealing it traced just two unique COVID cases over two years for a cost to taxpayers of $10.5 million each.

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Sarah Basford Canales

Sarah Basford Canales

Politics and public sector reporter

I'm a federal politics and public sector reporter with an interest in national security, integrity and regulation. Contact me with general tips and thoughts at sarah.basfordcanales@canberratimes.com.au or confidential tips to sbasfordcanales@protonmail.com.

Karen Barlow

Karen Barlow

Chief Political Correspondent

Karen Barlow is ACM's Chief Political Correspondent. Working in the federal press gallery, she investigates and writes about federal politics and government. She has an interest in integrity, leadership and social equity. She has covered two Olympics and been to Antarctica twice. Contact her on karen.barlow@canberratimes.com.au

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