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Govt responds to MHR inquiry, two years later

The federal government has responded to a parliamentary inquiry into My Health Record more than two years after it was tabled, rejecting a recommendation to make passwords the default...

Privacy office faces ‘remarkable’ drop in funding

26 October 2020 | by Denham Sadler

The federal opposition has questioned a “remarkable” drop in support for the national privacy office in the coming years, with the organisation left waiting on whether government funding will...

Tim Kelsey exits Digital Health Agency

9 December 2019 | by James Riley

Australian Digital Health Agency chief executive Tim Kelsey has unexpectedly resigned from the organisation that has overseen the difficult My Health Record implementation. The resignation is effective from January...

Health Record gets $200m boost

2 April 2019 | by James Riley

The controversial My Health Record service has been given a $200 million funding boost in the federal budget, with a number of other tech-driven delivery platforms also getting a...

MHR reports 42 data breaches

15 January 2019 | by James Riley

There were more than 40 breaches involving My Health Record data in a year, the agency behind the program has revealed in its annual report. But experts fear this...

Shetler on DTA’s digital strategy

22 November 2018 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government’s just-released digital transformation strategy offers no real strategy or path towards achieving its lofty aims, according to former Digital Transformation Office chief executive Paul Shetler. The...

Opt-out to pass before MHR change

22 October 2018 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government’s series of amendments to improve the security and privacy of the My Health Record system are now unlikely to be passed before the opt-out period ends....

MHR: A million people opt out

19 September 2018 | by James Riley

Nearly one million Australians have opted out of the federal government’s My Health Record service halfway through the opt-out period, a senate inquiry has been told. But according to...

Paul Shetler at the MHR inquiry

17 September 2018 | by James Riley

My Health Record will ‘fail’ unless it revert to an opt-in model and stricter access controls are implemented, the federal government’s former digital czar has told a senate inquiry....

Govt changes to MHR unveiled

22 August 2018 | by James Riley

The federal government has revealed amendments to the My Health Record service that it says “strengthen its already robust privacy framework” following the launch of a senate inquiry last...

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