YASMIN
CATLEY MP
SHADOW MINISTER FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND
DIGITAL
NO VAX APP FOR ROADMAP, BEREJIKLIAN GOVERNMENT ADMITS
The
NSW Government has admitted that the vaccination certificate feature
on the Service NSW app will not be ready when the state reopens on 11
October.
Meanwhile, the Minister for Customer Service and
Digital, Victor Dominello also told 7:30 he is planning on
withdrawing mandatory QR codes completely come December – which
received a no comment from the Chief Health Officer, Dr Kerry Chant
at a Parliamentary hearing yesterday.
VICTOR
DOMINELLO: I think the QR codes should be retired once we get to the
90 per cent mark.
[ABC
7:30, WEDNESDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER 2021]
The
delay of this app is causing significant anxiety amongst the business
community who face having to police the vaccination status of
customers.
QR codes and the check-in system have been
vital to testing, tracing, isolation & quarantine (TTIQ), a
cornerstone of the National Roadmap and Doherty Institute
Modelling.
The Committee also heard that the Government is
still considering what TTIQ looks like at 70 per cent, with reopening
only a week away.
Minister Dominello also indicated future
measures may increasingly rely on automated text messages and
questionnaires, which the committee was told yielded lower compliance
- with a response rate of as little as 40-50 per cent.
NSW
Labor is concerned without a working app and a clear approach to
contact tracing, public confidence in the reopening will be seriously
undermined. We are seeking assurances that this will not place an
additional burden on hospital capacity.
Shadow Minister
for Customer Service and Digital, Yasmin Catley MP said businesses
are desperate for certainty and are deeply concerned the failure of
the app to be ready for reopening will place staff in the difficult
position of enforcing compliance with the health orders.
“The
Minister has form in letting business down consistently throughout
this pandemic and the delay of the app is just another instance of
the Minister failing to provide certainty”, Ms Catley said.
“This
is the Minister that botched the rollout of critical financial
support to businesses right across this state, leaving business
waiting weeks for applications to be processed while their income
completely dried up.
“The NSW Government needs to step
up to the plate and provide the business community with clear answers
on if the app will be ready on 11 October, and if not when can
business owners expect the app to be available?” Ms Catley
said.
DATE: FRIDAY, 1 OCTOBER 2021
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