# Health officials in turmoil over last-minute aged care algorithm override reversal, emails reveal

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- The Guardian, 2026-09-16 15:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/17/australian-home-support-assessment-algorithm-aged-care

> Freedom of information emails show officials discovered only three days before an algorithm’s rollout that proposed rules legally barred aged care assessors from overriding its funding recommendations. Ministers Sam Rae and Mark Butler received an emergency briefing, despite assessors having long been told they could use a human override.