Interview with Tania Wolff & Lizzie O'Shea, Victoria’s Proposed No Opt-Out Digital Health Record

Tania Wolff, President of the Law Institute of Victoria and Lizzie O'Shea, Chair of Digital Rights Watch sit down with Amy to delve into the Victorian government's proposed digital health record with no opt-out provision – the Health Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing) Bill 2023, which passed the lower house last week. Additional concerns around cybersecurity, privacy, data misuse, and that it will not be subject to Freedom of Information laws are yet to be addressed. We last spoke about this issue with Juanita Fernando (https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/uncommon-sense/episodes/5733-victorias-concerning-health-data-overreach-philosopher-peter-singer-on-living-a-more-ethical-life-comedian-and-actor-chris-parker-a-gentle-man) and Fiona Patten (https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/podcasts/uncommon-sense/episodes/6107-fiona-patten-mp-speaks-in-depth-on-victorian-state-politics-henry-reynolds-on-australias-forgotten-frontier-wars-coral-cover-on-the-great-barrier-reef) in 2022. Broadcast on 28 February 2023.