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James Robertson

Underused COVID app to be part of ‘lobbying scandal’ inquiry

Mr Robert's link to the firm is at the centre of an inquiry into contracting.

The circumstances in which the contract for the notoriously underused ‘COVIDsafe’ app, which detected two cases of the virus but cost millions, will become subject to an inquiry into government contracting and a former Coalition minister.

App developer Delv was a client of the Canberra firm lobbying on government contracts with links to former minister Stuart Robert and later won $7.5 million to make the app.

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