Coronavirus Government Global Briefing: October 22

By Chris Woods

October 22, 2020

Welcome to Coronavirus Government Global Briefing, Mandarin Premium’s coverage of local and global COVID-19 policy news.

What will COVID-19 mean for digital exclusion?

The 2020 Australian Digital Inclusion Index (ADII) has highlighted significant levels of digital exclusion among older people, families without adequate internet access and vulnerable residents prior to COVID-19, and warned that, while the pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation of education, government, business and community services, shutdowns have also isolated these groups.

With the index published today, the ADII began in 2016 and is an annual study produced by RMIT University’s Digital Ethnography Research Centre and Swinburne University’s Centre for Social Impact in partnership with Telstra and based on Roy Morgan data.

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