25 September 2026
PM rejects ‘nonsense’ suggestion he delayed revealing OpenAI Medicare hack as Labor considers changing laws

Expert says Australia’s criminal laws should be clarified to determine how fault is applied to a corporation when its AI agent commits a crime Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast The federal government could change Australian laws if the current legal framework could not respond to the unprecedented OpenAI hack of Medicare, ministers have confirmed. It comes as the prime minister denied accusations from the opposition he had held onto the information before announcing it at the UN general assembly in New York, and said it was released at the first possible opportunity.
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