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My Health Record privacy amendments ‘woefully inadequate’: Labor

Posted on October 14, 2018June 25, 2025 by Dissent

Stilgherrian reports:

After carefully reading and considering 31 public submissions on the My Health Record privacy amendments, as well as three further documents from community health organisations, the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee’s report on its inquiry has made just one solitary recommendation.

“The committee recommends the Bill be passed,” it reads.

The committee didn’t come up with a single suggested improvement to the hastily written Bill, at least according to the majority view. Solid effort, although to be fair there’s a second, more comprehensive inquiry under way.

Read more on ZDNet.

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