My Health Record a new battleground in family disputes


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The Agency will then assess any requests by the respective parents to register as a person authorised to act on behalf of the child.


If approved, this will give either parent the power to create, access and monitor the child’s My Health Record, with or without the other parent’s consent.


Angela Lynch, chief executive of the Women’s Legal Service in Queensland, warned that any refusal of access by the Digital Health Agency could be contested in the Family Court, including by an abusive former partner.


“Perpetrators are highly litigious and will use information against victims and family,” Ms Lynch told Fairfax Media.


She said many abusers retained shared parental responsibility of their children, even if apprehended violence orders were in place, because the Family Court was a forum where parties were often forced to compromise.


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