Senate debates

Thursday, 14 May 2020

Questions without Notice

COVID-19: Youth Mental Health

2:35 pm

Photo of Richard ColbeckRichard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians) Share this | Hansard source

Firstly, can I thank all young Australians for their efforts to date in working with health authorities, state governments and the Australian government to flatten the curve. Our actions have slowed the spread of coronavirus and made a huge impact on our capacity to start bringing the economy back. I encourage all young Australians to download the COVIDSafe app. It's our capacity to track, our capacity to trace and our capacity to test that will assist state governments and the Australian government to open the economy back up, provide opportunities for jobs and assist all young Australians to return to the things that they love, whether it be sport, arts or music. I urge all young Australians to join the rest of us who have downloaded the COVIDSafe app to assist—

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