South Australian authorities intend to shut the state’s border to Greater Melbourne at midnight tonight, following the emergence of a new Victorian cluster.
A group of drug, mental health, human rights and child protection experts have called on the State Government to delay trialling a contentious drug treatment program on detained children following warnings it could breach human rights standards.
SA Health has refused to respond to reports of “serious glitches” detected in a home quarantine app for which the State Government has paid $1.1 million to replicate in South Australia, following concerns from interstate users that the app sends false cautions and relies on outdated data.
The State Government has given a $1.1 million contract to a Western Australian company to develop a new smartphone app that uses facial recognition and GPS tracking technology to monitor people who are ordered to self-quarantine at home.