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Published 17 April 2020 4:30pm
Updated 17 April 2020 5:39pm
Source: AAP
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Mobile phone tracking software could be compulsory if not enough Australians voluntarily download the application to help in coronavirus case tracing.
Prime Minister Scott
Morrison said at least 40 per cent of the population needs to use the app to make it effective.
"My preference is to give Australians a go at getting it right," he told Triple M on Friday.
"That's my plan A and I really want plan A to work."
Mr Morrison has likened using the tracing app to national service.
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"I know this would be something they might not normally do at an ordinary time but this is not an ordinary time," he said.
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