As restrictions on public gatherings and businesses ease
around Australia, state and territory jurisdictions have issued directions
requiring businesses to maintain contact registers to enable health authorities
to quickly identify and contact persons that may have been exposed to COVID-19.
The Tribunal recognises the importance of contact tracing
and early identification in the event of a COVID-19 exposure and the critical
need to support all tracing processes.
To this end, a QR Code system and manual registers are being
introduced as a means of registering public attendance in Tribunal buildings.
The registration and use of QR Codes are voluntary.
To ensure privacy concerns are addressed, the QR Code
systems used are those operated by the state and territory governments and will
be used in every state and territory except Queensland which does not currently
operate a government managed QR Code system.