Businesses refusing to serve people because they haven’t downloaded the app will face the same penalties, along with anybody who tries to force someone to sign up.
All sides of politics supported the bill’s passage through the Senate on Thursday, putting strict requirements on the collection, use and disclosure of COVIDSafe app data.
The new privacy protections also make it a crime to store data outside Australia or communicate the information to someone overseas.
The government is hopeful the new laws will encourage more people to join the 5.63 million who have downloaded and registered for the contact tracing scheme.
