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Need help selling the COVIDSafe app? Call a behavioural economist

  • Written by John Hawkins, Assistant Professor, School of Politics, Economics and Society, University of Canberra

More than 3 million Australians have downloaded the Australian government’s COVIDSafe contact-tracing app in the three days since its release.

That’s impressive.

But not as impressive as the 2 million downloads in the first 24 hours. The slowing rate suggests it will take longer to get to 4 million, and remember the federal government...

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