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April 21, 2020 01: 50:24
The issues of rely on the Federal government, refugees and the financial implications of coronavirus were prominent on an episode of Q A committed to the next actions Australia can require to move through the COVID-19 crisis.
Key points:
- A refugee secured a Melbourne hotel has actually called for the Government to launch them amidst worries of COVID-19 possibly spreading out there
- Panellists raised personal privacy concerns about the Federal government’s proposed app to trace people’s contact with potential coronavirus cases
- The ACTU secretary implicated the Government of spying through “phone taps”
And it was raised on Q A by PhD student Bernadette Highland-Wood, who stated federal governments had misused information in the past.
” I’m worried about the potential for government overreach in gathering information,” Ms Highland-Wood stated.
The panel, consisting of ACTU secretary Sally McManus, chairman of the National COVID-19 Coordination Commissio
