Australia’s home affairs department has let staff use Signal since Covid lockdowns, documents show

Exclusive: Guide given to staff in 2020 says app approved for use but ‘official decisions’ made on Signal must be documentedAustralian federal election results 2025 LIVE – latest Australia news and updatesElection 2025 results LIVE: Australia votes tracker and federal seat countsSee our full coverage of the Australian electionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe home affairs department began allowing staff to use Signal in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, and even advised employees how to turn on disappearing messages, documents obtained by Guardian Australia reveal.The use of the app by government officials in Australia has come into focus after the global fallout from revelations that top US officials discussed operational details of a plan to strike Yemen in a Signal group chat that accidentally included the Atlantic’s editor Jeffrey Goldberg.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...

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