Your afternoon Briefing: Hunt backs My Health amid opt-out faults

Good afternoon, readers. Here’s what made news this Monday.

Good afternoon, readers. Here’s what made news this Monday.

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Minister for Health Greg Hunt speaks to the media alongside Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull following a tour of the Peter McCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Monday, July 16, 2018. (AAP Image/Daniel Pockett) NO ARCHIVING

Hunt backs My Health amid opt-out faults

The rollout of Australia’s electronic health record system has been plagued by delays and technical faults, as Health Minister Greg Hunt declared Australians need to stick with the system.

The government today opened a three-month opt-out window for My Health Record — ending October 1 — for people who do not want a record created for them.

27/05/2018: Federal Labor Leader Bill Shorten speaks at the Victorian ALP Conference at Moonee Valley race course in Melbourne. Stuart McEvoy for The Australian.

Work right visas ‘out of control’

Labor leader Bill Shorten has called on the Turnbull government to address the “out-of-control” increase in people coming to Australia with visas which give them work rights.

Mr Shorten’s call came as former PM Tony Abbott claimed Labor was “in the grip of ethnic activists” and urged his Coalition colleagues to back calls to cut total migration numbers.

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Diver responds to Musk slur

The British cave diver at the centre of a bizarre attack says he hasn’t ruled out taking legal action against Elon Musk.

Musk’s attack played out on Twitter, when he labelled Vernon Unsworth — who played a crucial role in the rescue of the Thai soccer team — a “pedo” because he lives in Thailand.

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First Class dining on Emirates. Picture: Supplied (For ESCAPE story on airline food)

Chateau Margaux for Seat 2A

In a world buzzing with budget carriers, Emirates is flying in the opposite direction. Last year, it spent $75m on its fine French wine collection.