Australian PM’s Office Sends Formal Complaint to ABC

Prime Minister Scott Morrison (C) with (L-R) Minister for Health Greg Hunt, Minister for Government Services Stuart Robert and Minister for Aged Care Richard Colbeck speak to media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Nov. 25, 2019. Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images

The prime minister’s office has delivered an official complaint to Australia’s national broadcaster, the ABC, over a story it ran online and on TV about the government’s “COVIDSafe” app on April 24.

The Australian reported that Chief Media Adviser Nick Creevey wrote to the ABC’s head of news Gaven Morris about journalist Dylan Welch’s reporting on the government’s “COVIDSafe” virus contact tracing app. According to The Australian, the prime minister’s office said the reporting was “unnecessarily alarmist.”