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Samantha Floreani

Policing the pandemic: Australia’s technology response to COVID-19

Samantha Floreani 28/06/2022

Australia adopted a range of technology based responses to address the COVID-19 pandemic, but this approach resulted in “solutions” that ranged from the outright ineffective to the actively punitive.

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Samantha Floreani

Policing the pandemic: Australia’s technology response to COVID-19

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