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Wednesday September 30, 2026

  Security  

Home Affairs orders gov-wide 'legacy' system stocktake within six months

After OpenAI agent interaction with Medicare statistics site.

By Ry Crozier
 

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DAFF’s export systems modernisation skips big-bang replacement
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DAFF’s export systems modernisation skips big-bang replacement

Takes incremental approach.

By Brad Howarth
 
OpenAI agent accessed "credentials" via Medicare data portal
  Security  

OpenAI agent accessed "credentials" via Medicare data portal

May explain government's alarm surrounding the incident.

By Ry Crozier, Juha Saarinen
 
Australian Medicare data portal "infiltrated" by OpenAI agent
  Security  

Australian Medicare data portal "infiltrated" by OpenAI agent

Accessed "public and non-public files".

By Ry Crozier
 
 
 

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Australia Post signs three-year deal with Telstra
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Australia Post signs three-year deal with Telstra

Transition already hitting scale.

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Charles Darwin University setting up 'real-time view' of institution
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Charles Darwin University setting up 'real-time view' of institution

ITSM replacement evolves into something much bigger.

By Ry Crozier
 
Australian Energy Regulator appoints permanent CIO
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Australian Energy Regulator appoints permanent CIO

After its separation from the competition watchdog.

By Ry Crozier
 
OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs called to appear at Australian AI probe
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OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs called to appear at Australian AI probe

Days after OpenAI agent accessed health statistics.

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Australia Post signs three-year deal with Telstra
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Services Australia describes fraud, debt-related machine learning use cases
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OpenAI agent accessed "credentials" via Medicare data portal
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OpenAI agent accessed "credentials" via Medicare data portal

By Ry Crozier, Juha Saarinen
 
 
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