New South Wales, South Australia trial home quarantine arrangements for returning travellers

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Source: AAP

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The Australian and New South Wales governments will launch a home quarantine pilot in Greater Sydney next month. The trial will include New South Wales residents, non-Australian residents and a few Qantas crew. It is based on facial recognition technology. South Australian authorities are currently reviewing a similar system for police to enforce stay-at-home orders. However, there are concerns that the largely untested software could mistakenly identify people from some ethnic groups.


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