Australia has enacted laws and/or issued guidance on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Companies subject to the laws of Australia should be familiar with all relevant AI-related laws, regulations, and guidance, including those listed below.
Principles, Studies, & Recommendations
General
Eight AI Ethics Principles designed to ensure AI is safe, secure, and reliable.
The Voluntary AI Safety Standard gives practical guidance to all Australian organizations on how to safely and responsibly use and innovate with AI. The standard consists of 10 voluntary guardrails that apply to all organizations throughout the AI supply chain. They include transparency and accountability requirements across the supply chain. They also explain what developers and deployers of AI systems must do.
Issued by the eSafety Commissioner addressing online AI chatbots and companions, and the risks to children and young people.
Introduced by the Australian Government’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) to ensure the responsible and ethical use of AI within government operations. The model clauses are intended to be used to aid government buyers procuring services where the seller may be using AI systems in the provision of the services and bespoke AI systems. The AI model clauses can also be used for other AI use cases such as procuring software or cloud services with integrated AI.
The report, commissioned by the Australian Department of Industry, Science, and Resources, offers practical tools for early-stage risk identification and analysis, including conceptual frameworks for evaluating measurement validity. It emphasizes progressive testing to safely explore multi-agent deployments, from controlled simulations to monitored pilot programs. It aims to help Australian organizations develop better ways to assess and monitor risks from general-purpose AI systems.
Standard released by Australia's Digital Transformation Agency to help Australian government agencies deliver services through AI. The standard provides practical guidance for technical specialists and business owners embedding AI in government systems, enabling agencies to confidently experiment with and develop AI use cases.
Guidance published by the Australian Cyber Security Centre, which explains how to manage AI and machine learning supply-chain risks when you buy, build, or run these systems. It urges organizations to map all components and suppliers, including data, models, software, infrastructure, hardware, and third-party services.
Guidance issued by the Department of Industry, Science, and Resources, which applies to both developers and deployers of AI systems and sets out 6 essential practices for responsible AI governance and adoption.
Voluntary guidance published by Australia's Department of Industry, Science and Resources for businesses on how to notify instances of AI-generated or modified content.
The Plan sets out three main goals: capture the opportunities, spread the benefits, and keep Australians safe.