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The peak industry representative body for innovation technology in Australia has underlined the need to look beyond traditional infrastructure investment by the government after the COVID-19 pandemic passes, adding that there should, instead, be more focus on technology infrastructure.

The Australian Information Industry Association has urged the government to appoint a minister for digital capability to facilitate both industry engagement and policy progress within and outside government.

OPINION: It is now four days since the government released its COVIDSafe tracing app. There has been a lot of debate over the privacy aspects of the app, and a lot of commentary about whether people should or shouldn’t use it.