'Disgusting' to hand COVIDSafe data contract to US company Amazon
The decision to hand the COVIDSafe data storage contract to US company Amazon was a “disgusting, disgraceful” move, according to Crossbench Senator Rex Patrick. Amazon was awarded the contract to keep data collected from the COVIDSafe app on its servers but Mr Patrick insisted the contract should have been awarded domestically. The South Australian Senator told Sky News he wrote to Finance Minister Mathias Cormann urging him to invoke powers that would give extra weighting to “procurement” that benefits Australian companies. "I was actually quite disgusted by the government in their handing of the COVIDSafe data cloud storage contract to a US company when we have the expertise in this country,” he said. "We want to be investing in and supporting those sorts of capabilities in Australia. "We understand that we need to rebuild the economy, We understand we need to relook at things like self-reliance. We really do need to focus on making sure that when we expend taxpayers' money we direct it where possible to Australian companies."
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The decision to hand the COVIDSafe data storage contract to US company Amazon was a “disgusting, disgraceful” move, according to Crossbench Senator Rex Patrick. Amazon was awarded the contract to keep data collected from the COVIDSafe app on its servers but Mr Patrick insisted the contract should have been awarded domestically. The South Australian Senator told Sky News he wrote to Finance Minister Mathias Cormann urging him to invoke powers that would give extra weighting to “procurement” that benefits Australian companies. "I was actually quite disgusted by the government in their handing of the COVIDSafe data cloud storage contract to a US company when we have the expertise in this country,” he said. "We want to be investing in and supporting those sorts of capabilities in Australia. "We understand that we need to rebuild the economy, We understand we need to relook at things like self-reliance. We really do need to focus on making sure that when we expend taxpayers' money we direct it where possible to Australian companies."
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