Opt-out period for My Health Record extended
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The opt-out period for the controversial My Health Record scheme is being extended again – this time to January 31.
This is the outcome of a deal between the government and the Senate crossbench. A Labor proposal for a 12 month extension – which was said earlier to have had the numbers - was defeated 32-30 on Wednesday.
The opt-out...