Raising Hell: Cracking COVIDSafe: Source List
In which I declare my sources for the series so far...
Acknowledgements
Cracking COVIDSafe is a feature series made in association with Electronic Frontiers Australia. It aims to highlight the importance of Freedom of Information as an essential tool for holding government to account while helping to teach people about the process so they can do it themselves.
There are also several people — named and unnamed — who I have spoken to in the creation of this series. Some cannot be named for issues that relate to job security. Anyone who took the time to help me develop this by providing background or technical advice — thank you.
Thank you also to Justin Warren and Professor Rick Snell from the University of Tasmania who at times provided tactical FOI advice.
Changelog
2020-11-12: Two minor copy errors fixed in Part 2.
2020-11-26: Word repetition in into removed in Vanessa Teague QandA.
2020-12-1: Fixed minor copy errors in Part 5.
In This Series…
Expert Interview: Quentin Zeervas
Expert Interview: Vanessa Teague
Part 6: God Bless South Australia
Source List
Part 1: Sunscreen
- Cannon-Brookes, M., Post to Internet Forum, Hacker News (April, 2020).
- ‘BCG and KPMG bag millions at Digital Transformation Agency’, Consultancy Australia (online, 20 October 2020).
- Kurmelovs, R., ‘The flaws in the COVIDSafe app’, The Saturday Paper, (online, 4 July 2020).
- Kurmelovs, R., ‘Privacy concerns over tracing app’, The Saturday Paper (online, 15 May 2020).
- Letter from the DTA to Royce Kurmelovs (21 July 2020).
- Sadler, D., ‘Atlassian and the CovidSafe team’ 'InnovationAus (online, 29 April 2020).
- Select Committee on Covid-19, Senate, Answers to written questions on notice by the Digital Transformation Agency (Additional Document, QoN 6, 6 May 2020).
- Teague, V. and Mussared, J., Covid Safe Issue Summary (online, GitHub, 2020-07-07).
- Watts, D. ‘COVIDSafe, Australia’s Digital Contact Tracing App: The Legal Issues’ (SSRN, 3 May 2020).
Part 2: The Boys From Boston
- Atwood, J., ‘Bridges, Software Engineering, and God’, (blog, Coding Horror, 22 May 2005).
- Auditor-General, Australian Government Procurement Contract Reporting (Report No 19, 2017-2018).
- ‘Isabel dos Santos: Africa's richest woman 'ripped off Angola' (online, 19 BBC, January 2020)
- ‘BCG advises Minderoo on its fire & flood resilience blueprint’, Consultancy Australia (online, 23 September 2020).
- BCG Digital Ventures, ‘Building COVIDSafe’ (Interview with Kevin Lucas and Miguel Carrasco, 23 May 2020).
- Bogost, A. ‘Programmers: Stop Calling Yourselves Engineers’ (online, The Atlantic, 5 November 2015).
- Boston Consulting Group, Australian and International Postal Services Overview: Background Report (technical review, June 2014).
- Brugeaud, R., LinkedIn Profile.
- Brugeaud, R., About Page, DTA.
- ‘DTA's chief strategy officer Anthony Vlasic re-joins BCG’, Consultancy Australia (online, 6 February 2020).
- Fletcher, P., ‘Joint Media Release: Chair of the Board of Australia Post’, (media release, Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and The Arts, 1 November 2019).
- Forsythe, M., Gurney, K., Alecci, S., and Hallman, B., ‘How U.S. Firms Helped Africa’s Richest Woman Exploit Her Country’s Wealth’, The New York Times, (online, 6 January 2020).
- Forsythe, M., Mazzetti,M., Hubbard, B., and Bogdanich, W., ‘Consulting Firms Keep Lucrative Saudi Alliance, Shaping Crown Prince’s Vision’, The New York Times, (online, 4 November 2018).
- Hendry, J., ‘Home Affairs spent $92 million on failed visa platform outsourcing’, IT News (online, 19 May 2020).
- Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, Australian Government Contract Reporting - Inquiry based on Auditor-General's report No. 19 (2017-18),(Submission No 18, Department of Premier and Cabinet, 16 February 2018).
- Justin Warren and Department of Human Services (Freedom of information) [2018] AICmr 16 (1 February 2018).
- Justin Warren and Department of Human Services (No 2) (Freedom of information) [2018] AICmr 17 (1 February 2018).
- Peel, M., Review of the Boston Consulting Group’s report to the Minister for Communications: Briefing for the CWU on Australia Post’s operations (Technical Brief, No 31, The Australian Institute, 2014).
- National Vulnerability Database, MITRE Corporation (CVE-2020-12856, 18 May 2020).
- Röstlund, L., and Gustafsson, A., Konsulterna: Kampen om Karolinska (Mondial, 2019).
- Sadler, D., ‘ANU’s shoddy treatment of academic freedom’ InnovationAus (online, 1 September 2020).
- Taylor, J. ‘Releasing Covidsafe app usage numbers could risk public safety, government claims’, The Guardian (online, 20 September 2020).
- Teague, V. and Mussared, J., Covid Safe Issue Summary (online, GitHub, 2020-07-07).
- The Freedom of Information Act 1991 (Cth).
- The FOI Guidelines.
- Vlasic, A., LinkedIn Profile.
Part 3: Standard Issue
- Auditor-General, Australian Government Procurement Contract Reporting Update (Report No 18, 2016-2017).
- Auditor-General, Australian Government Procurement Contract Reporting Update (Report No 27, 2019-2020).
- Cordover v Australian Electoral Commission (Freedom of information) [2015] AATA 956 (11 December 2015).
- Griffiths, K., and Wood, D., ‘Conflicted cuts at the Audit Office’ (online Inside Story, 20 October 2020).
- Tadros, E. and McIlroy, T., ‘Consultants breathe a sigh of relief over Coalition election victory,’ The Financial Review (online 28 May 2019).
- Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, ‘Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It?’ (Mark Blyth interviewing Brett Christophers, 7 November 2020).
- Joint Committee of Accounts and Public Audit, ‘Australian Government Contract Reporting - Inquiry Based on Auditor-General’s Report No .19 (2017-18)’ (lapsed, 2019).
Part 4: Spooks In The Machine
- Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy (2016).
- Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy (2020).
- Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre, Board and Leadership.
- Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre, LinkedIn.
- Falk, R., ‘Coronavirus: COVIDSafe app is good for us’ The Australian (online, 4 May 2020).
- Farrell, P. ‘Research work could be criminalised under George Brandis data changes’, The Guardian (online, 29 September 2016).
- ghuntley, ‘covidsafe-android-decompiled’ (user submission, Github, 19 June 2020).
- Hendry, J. ‘Defence launches crackdown on Australian crypto research’, IT News (online 6 February 2019).
- Laundry, C., '$50 million investment into cyber security research and industry solutions' (media release, Ministers for the Department of Industry, Science,
Energy and Resources, 22 September 2017). - Macmillan, J., ‘Cybersecurity spending gets $1.35 billion boost in wake of online attacks against Australia’ The ABC (online 29 June 2020).
- Morrison, S., Prime Minister’s Coronavirus Update, Public Address (Channel 10, 29 March 2020).
- Morrison, S., 'Nation’s Largest Ever Investment In Cyber Security' (Media Release, Prime Minister, Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Defence, 30 June 2020).
- Muller, A., LinkedIn Page.
- Noble, S. ‘Director-General ASD speech to the National Security College’ (Speech, National Security College, 1 September 2020).
- Norman, J., ‘Coronavirus tracing app given thumbs up by independent cyber security agency’ The ABC (online 21 April 2020).
- Pakbaz, S., ‘Bec Judd has a LOT of thoughts on the government's COVIDSafe app’ (online, Body+Soul, 4 May 2020).
- Sarre, R., ‘Is the government’s coronavirus app a risk to privacy?’ (The Conversation, 21 April 2020).
- Taylor, J. ‘Melbourne professor quits after health department pressures her over data breach’, The Guardian (online, 8 March 2020).
- Taylor, A., et al, 'Cooperative Research Centre to strengthen cyber security' (Media Release, Ministers for the Department of Industry, Science,
Energy and Resources, 15 April 2018). - Taylor, J. ‘5G fires: Australian mobile companies work with police to prevent arson attacks’ The Guardian (online, 27 May 2020).
- Wilson, S., ‘I'm a privacy expert - and I've downloaded the COVIDSafe app’ (online, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May 2020).
Part 5: In For A Penny, In For A Pound
- Clun, R., ‘COVIDSafe app identifies just 17 contacts not found by contact tracers,’ (online, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 October 2020).
- ‘Consulting and IT bill for COVIDSafe app surpasses $5 million’ (online, Consultancy.com, 11 October 2020).
- Robert, S. ‘Government Services in the digital age: the challenges, the plan and the delivery’ (Speech, National Press Club, 7 July 2020).
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, ‘Disclosure of Public Servants’ Names and Contact Details’, Discussion Paper (2020).
- Teague, V. and Mussared, J., Covid Safe Issue Summary (online, GitHub, 2020-07-07).
Part 6: God Bless South Australia
- Blight, J., COVID app data and Intelligence Agencies within IGIS jurisdiction (First Report, Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, November 2020).
Documents Obtained Under FOI
DTA
- 199/2020 BCG Original Charge Notice
- 199/2020 BCG Costs Decision
- 199/2020 BCG Documents Decision Letter
- 199/2020 BCG Documents
- 199/2020 BCG Internal Review Documents Decision Letter
- 200/2020 Ionize Decision Letter
Home Affairs
SA Health
NSW Health
Vic Health
Federal Department of Health
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