Headlines: OpenAI apologises for hacking Medicare

September 29, 2026

Todays headlines include:

  • The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has increased the cash rate from 4.35% to 4.60%.
  • OpenAI has published a blog post apologising for one of its agents hacking a Medicare statistics website in June, and for only notifying the Government of the hack in an email to a public inbox in September.
  • Listeners are advised this story contains details that may be distressing. The 15 jurors in the trial of former senior constable Beau Lamarre-Condon will be taken to view the Paddington terrace where Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were shot dead.
  • And today’s good news! Girls’ rugby participation in England has increased by 49% since the country hosted the Women’s World Cup.

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Headlines: OpenAI apologises for hacking Medicare