NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced on Wednesday all hospitality venues and hairdressers in the state will need to use the Service NSW app and the Service NSW QR system from January 1.

The NSW Government is considering making the Service NSW smartphone application mandatory for businesses that need to collect visitor data to allow for COVID-19 contact tracing.

QR code check-ins at venues look set to become the main source of digital contact tracing with the federal government‘s COVIDSafe app less prominent in the community.

Workplaces, universities, schools, TAFE, supermarkets, and more will be required to use a Service NSW QR code from July 12.

All NSW workplaces and retail businesses will be required to use Service NSW QR codes from next month.

The Service NSW app used to trace Covid-19 through QR codes is experiencing a service shortage, prompting outrage from business owners.

NSW is aggressively pursuing the expansion of its digital contact tracing tool, with Premier Gladys Berejiklian warning that Victoria's slow take-up of QR code technology would delay the opening ...

The NSW Government is considering making the Service NSW smartphone application mandatory for businesses that need to collect visitor data to allow for COVID-19 contact tracing.