It was a pleasure to collaborate with some of my colleagues on this article in The Australian newspaper, which I was able to put my name to. The article is titled Why the COVIDSafe App Failed, and may need a subscription to access.
The tl;dr
The COVIDSafe experience has been an education and if one thing is clear, it is that if we are going to pin all our hopes on a piece of public health technology, it must be built on sound health evidence and a solid platform of trust for it to have any real value in protecting the communities it serves.