The Latest Breaking News from Services Australia

'I find it perplexing': agency chief on overseas junket as cyber breach shock unfolded

And the secretary who let rip about Senate estimates scrutiny.

The Canberra Times · Oct 11

A tax refund system was automated, and struggling families took a hit

Tax refund debt grabs paused after review finds hardship errors.

The Canberra Times · Oct 7

‘You’re denying what you did to my son’: mother of robodebt victim told she is ineligible for compensation

Commonwealth lawyers argue Jarrad Madgwick, whose death by suicide was highlighted at royal commission, ineligible as he only received provisional debt notice

The Guardian - AU · Oct 4

AI Makers 'Do Not Fully Understand What They Have Grown' as Government Website Probes Emerge

OpenAI agents interacted unexpectedly with US government websites and accessed public and non-public files on an Australian portal, intensifying concerns about oversight and human control.

International Business Times UK · Sep 29

OpenAI promises to ‘do better’ and ‘rebuild trust with Australians’

OpenAI has committed to “rebuilding trust with Australians” in a lengthy apologetic statement outlining what happened in its model’s breach of a Services Australia site and its remedial actions and plans.

The Conversation · Sep 29

Revealed: the five-paragraph email OpenAI used to inform Australia about agent attack

Executive to front parliamentary committee on AI as ministers reveal how brief message telling them about hack was signed off ‘best’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 29

Anthropic will not appear at Senate inquiry into AI and datacentres amid fallout from OpenAI hack

Company behind Claude chatbot expected to attend separate Australian government hearing on AI next week

The Guardian - AU · Sep 28

Australia’s legacy systems were already a cyber risk. AI agents are raising the stakes

In the days since an artificial intelligence (AI) agent operated by OpenAI gained unauthorised access to a Services Australia portal holding Medicare statistics, important questions have been raised about Australia’s readiness to prevent future breaches.

The Conversation · Sep 28

One of the great untold stories of the 2003 Canberra bushfires

Even more than two decades after the disaster, inspiring stories continue to emerge.

The Canberra Times · Sep 25

OpenAI hack on Australian government reveals anxiety at heart of global artificial intelligence dilemma

As the UN warns traditional safeguards are ‘unravelling’, Donald Trump says he will encourage, not restrain, the AI race

The Guardian - AU · Sep 25