AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoTelecom Reliability: Optus outage disrupted Triple Zero calls across Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory, with police now doing welfare checks after callers had trouble connecting. Digital Duty of Care: An expert warns Australia’s proposed “My Feed, My Way” algorithm opt-out won’t equal real consent, saying people can’t understand what feeds are optimising for and that an opt-out switch isn’t automatically safer. Health & Safety: Victorian shadow health minister says a patient at Mildura Base Public Hospital may have died after paper referrals were “forgotten” and not triaged in time, as the hospital reviews what went wrong. Aged Care Pressure: South Australia reports spending $123.7m last year keeping older patients in hospital while waiting for aged care beds, with nearly 500 still stuck waiting. Justice & Violence: NSW man Daniel Billings jailed for 28 years over the murder of Molly Ticehurst in Forbes. Housing Rules: NSW court ruling forces a couple to leave a “dream” tiny home on wheels after it was found it can’t bypass planning laws.
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