6 November 2018 - The My Health Record telephone opt-out service has overloaded and crashed as Australians rush to opt out of the controversial e-health system before the November 15 deadline.

Callers to the helpline are being told the computer system used by call centre operators has crashed.

"We've been inundated with calls," one operator said on Tuesday morning. "They are working as quickly as possible to get it up and running again."

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