The Queensland government will be greatly expanding its COVID check-in app requirements to encompass almost all sectors of society, including shopping centres, supermarkets, universities, libraries, and places of worship. “This app is all about keeping Queenslanders safe and helping our contact tracers when there has been community transmission of COVID-19 in our community,” Queensland Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Yvette D’Ath said in a media release. Beginning from July 9, the tightened mandate will have grown from its previous iteration—which originally only encompassed hospitality—despite increasing concerns and loss of public trust around the usage of data collected via the ‘Check In Qld’ app. This follows information released last week by The Brisbane Times, who revealed that Queensland Police Service (QPS) had accessed contact tracing data for an investigation into the theft of a police taser and gun from a pub. The access was entirely above board as defined by …