The KWM Map of AI Regulation in Australia

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Every country in the world is considering how to regulate AI. Australia is no different. But current regulation is fragmented and there are many different stakeholders who have a voice. This map has been designed to guide you through the landscape of stakeholders, influencers, players and key policies.

The AI Key Stakeholder Map

This stakeholder map shows our current snapshot of the key players who have a voice in the regulation of AI in Australia. We’ll be updating this stakeholder map over time as players come and go.

Our Tier Rankings have been based on our assessment of each player’s interest in AI, the scope of their mandate, and assessment of public statements made by them on AI and the potential impact of their initiatives.

The Map of Key Policy Influences

This map sets out the current key policies and regulations globally that influence Australian AI policy regulation. We’ll be updating this policy map over time as Australian policy develops and matures.

KEY INITIATIVES

DISR Key Initiatives

• AI Adopt Program | $17 million to boost AI adoption by SMEs | Department of Industry Science and Resources
  

• AI Ethics Principles | Australia’s AI Ethics Principles | Australia’s Artificial Intelligence Ethics Framework | Department of Industry Science and Resources
  

• Supporting responsible AI: discussion paper | Consultation hub | Supporting responsible AI: discussion paper - Consult hub (industry.gov.au)
  

• GPAI (Member) | Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence - GPAI
  

• Bletchley Declaration (Signatory) | The Bletchley Declaration by Countries Attending the AI Safety Summit, 1–2 November 2023 | Department of Industry Science and Resources
  

DOF Key Initiatives

• Digital ID | Home | Digital Identity
  

Digital Transformation Agency

• Data and Digital Government Strategy | Data and Digital Government Strategy | Digital Transformation Agency (dta.gov.au)
  

• Copilot Trial | APS trials generative AI to explore safe and responsible use cases for government | Digital Transformation Agency (dta.gov.au)
  

• Artificial intelligence policy (position) | Artificial Intelligence policy (Position) | aga (digital.gov.au)
  

Home Affairs Key Initiatives

• 2023-2030 Australia Cyber Security Strategy | 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy (homeaffairs.gov.au)
  

• Cyber and Infrastructure Security Centre | Cyber and Infrastructure Security Centre (cisc.gov.au)
  

Attorney General Key Initiatives

• Privacy Act Review Report | Privacy Act Review Report | Attorney-General's Department (ag.gov.au)
  

• Copyright and AI Reference Group | Copyright and AI reference group (CAIRG) | Our ministers – Attorney-General’s Department (ag.gov.au)
  

• Privacy and reputation: Public sector guidance sheet | Privacy and reputation | Attorney-General's Department (ag.gov.au)
  

CSIRO Key Initiatives

• National artificial Intelligence Centre, CSIRO’s Data61 | National Artificial Intelligence Centre - CSIRO
  

• Next General Graduates Program | Next Generation Graduates Program - CSIRO
  

AI Expert Group

• Terms of Reference | AI Expert Group terms of reference | Department of Industry Science and Resources
  

OAIC

• Digital Platform Regulators Forum | Home | The Digital Platform Regulators Forum (DP-REG)
  

e-Safety Commissioner

• Digital Platform Regulators Forum | Home | The Digital Platform Regulators Forum (DP-REG)
  

• Basic Online Safety Expectations | Basic Online Safety Expectations | eSafety Commissioner
  

• Generative AI – position statement | Generative AI – position statement | eSafety Commissioner
  

• Deepfake trends and challenges — position statement | Deepfakes | What are deepfakes? | eSafety Commissioner
  

• Online Safety Industry Standards | Industry codes | eSafety Commissioner
  

• Online Safety Campaign | Online Safety Campaign | eSafety Commissioner
  

ASIC

• ASIC Annual Forum 2023: Impact of AI on financial services | ASIC Annual Forum 2023: Impact of AI on financial services | ASIC
  

• Corporate Finance Update – Issue 14 (Approach to disclosure about reliance on artificial intelligence) | Corporate Finance Update - Issue 14 | ASIC
  

APRA

• AFIA Risk Summit | Member Therese McCarthy Hockey’s remarks to AFIA Risk Summit 2024 | APRA
  

ACMA

• Digital Platform Regulators Forum | Home | The Digital Platform Regulators Forum (DP-REG)
  

• Artificial intelligence in communications and media - Occasional paper (July 2020) | Artificial intelligence in communications and media: Occasional paper | ACMA
  

AI In Government Taskforce

• AI in Government Taskforce | The AI in Government Taskforce: examining use and governance of AI by the APS | Digital Transformation Agency (dta.gov.au)
  

• Copilot Trial | Australian Government collaboration with Microsoft on artificial intelligence | Prime Minister of Australia (pm.gov.au)
  

ACCC

• Digital Platform Regulators Forum | Home | The Digital Platform Regulators Forum (DP-REG)
  

• Digital Platform Services Inquiry | Digital platform services inquiry 2020-25 | ACCC
  

• News media bargaining code | News media bargaining code | ACCC
  

NSW Government

• Digital.NSW | Artificial Intelligence | Digital.NSW
  

• Artificial Intelligence Strategy | Artificial Intelligence Strategy | Digital.NSW
  

• Artificial Intelligence Ethics Policy | Artificial Intelligence Ethics Policy | Digital.NSW
  

• NSW Artificial Intelligence Assurance Framework | NSW Artificial Intelligence Assurance Framework | Digital.NSW
  

• A common understanding: simplified AI definitions from leading standards | A common understanding: simplified AI definitions from leading standards | Digital.NSW
  

• Generative AI: basic guidance | Generative AI: basic guidance | Digital.NSW
  

• Chatbot prompt essentials | Chatbot prompt essentials | Digital.NSW
  

Business Council of Australia

• NEW Media release | The right balance needed in AI regulation to harness economic opportunities and manage risks
  

• NEW Media release | New BCA committee chair highlights importance of AI for Australia’s future
  

STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

• NEW Report | An Artificial Intelligence Standards Roadmap: Making Australia’s Voice Heard
  

Productivity Commission

• NEW Report | Making the most of the AI opportunity - Research paper 1: AI uptake, productivity, and the role of government (pc.gov.au)
  

• NEW Report | Making the most of the AI opportunity - Research paper 2: The challenges of regulating AI (pc.gov.au)
  

• NEW Report | Making the most of the AI opportunity - Research paper 3: AI raises the stakes for data policy (pc.gov.au)
  

Tech Council of Australia

• NEW Media release | Tech Council of Australia Welcomes Risk-Based Approach To Regulating AI
  

• NEW Media release | Business Community Calls For Unified National Approach To AI Strategy
  

• NEW Media release | Majority of Aus Tech Leaders Pick AI as Defining Tech Trend in 2024
  

• NEW Report | Australia’s Generative AI opportunity
  

• NEW Report | The state of Australia’s tech ecosystem
  

HUMAN TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE

• NEW Case Study | AI Governance Lighthouse Case Study: University of Technology Sydney
  

• NEW Case Study | AI Governance Lighthouse Case Study: KPMG Australia
  

• NEW Case Study | AI Governance Lighthouse Case Study: Telstra
  

• NEW Submission | HTI Submission in support of the United Nations High Level AI Advisory Body
  

• NEW Report | The State of AI Governance in Australia
  

• NEW Report | AI Corporate Governance Snapshot Series: Essential components of AI governance
  

• NEW Report | AI Corporate Governance Snapshot Series: Impacted communities and missing voices
  

• NEW Report | AI Corporate Governance Snapshot Series: International regulatory trends
  

Centre for AI and Digital Ethics

• NEW Report | CAIDE 2024: Demystifying AI and Digital Ethics
  

ANU TECH POLICY DESIGN CENTRE

• NEW Media Release | Tech Policy Design Centre hosts roundtable with UK Cabinet Secretary and Head of the UK Civil Service to discuss AI safety
  

• NEW Podcast | Beyond the Pause: Australia’s AI Opportunity – Part 1 & Part 2
  

KEY MATERIALS

Europe’s AI Act

• Artificial Intelligence Act (Corrigendum) | EUR-Lex - 52021PC0206 - EN - EUR-Lex (europa.eu)
  

Canada’s Bill C-27

• Status of Bill C-27 | An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts (parl.ca)
  

• Legislative Summary of Bill C-27 (2022) | Legislative Summary of Bill C-27: An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts (parl.ca)
  

Bletchley Declaration

• UK Link | The Bletchley Declaration by Countries Attending the AI Safety Summit, 1-2 November 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
  

• DISR Link | The Bletchley Declaration by Countries Attending the AI Safety Summit, 1–2 November 2023 | Department of Industry Science and Resources
  

UK’s Pro-Innovation Model

• A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation | Government response to consultation (publishing.service.gov.uk)
  

• Pro-innovation model regulator guidance | Implementing the UK’s AI regulatory principles: initial guidance for regulators - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
  

• Regulators strategic approaches to AI | Regulators’ strategic approaches to AI - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
  

• House of Lords Report on LLMs and Generative AI | UK will miss AI goldrush unless Government adopts a more positive vision - Committees - UK Parliament
  

• UK AI Safety Institute | Introducing the AI Safety Institute - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
  

US Voluntary Patchwork Approach

• Executive Order (30 October 2023) | Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence | The White House
  

• Fact Sheet (30 October 2023) | FACT SHEET: President Biden Issues Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence | The White House
  

• Fact Sheet (29 January 2024) | Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Key AI Actions Following President Biden’s Landmark Executive Order | The White House
  

• NIST AI Risk Management Framework | AI Risk Management Framework | NIST
  

• Department of Commences Actions to Implement Biden’s EO | Department of Commerce Announces New Actions to Implement President Biden’s Executive Order on AI | U.S. Department of Commerce
  

Singapore’s Voluntary Framework

• Singapore-Aus MOU | Australia-Singapore MoU on Cooperation on Artificial Intelligence (dfat.gov.au)
  

• OAIC / PDPC MOU | MOU with the Personal Data Protection Commission of the Republic of Singapore | OAIC
  

• Model Artificial Intelligence Governance Framework | sgmodelaigovframework2.pdf (pdpc.gov.sg)
  

• Proposed Model AI Governance Framework for Generative AI | Proposed_MGF_Gen_AI_2024.pdf (aiverifyfoundation.sg)
  

• Australia and Singapore show compatibility between AI governance frameworks | Australia and Singapore show compatibility between AI governance frameworks | Department of Industry Science and Resources
  

Five Eyes

• Congress Bill | BILLS-118hr6425ih.pdf (congress.gov)
  

AUKUS

• AU Defence Media Release | AUKUS trials artificial intelligence in robotic vehicles | Defence
  

• RAND Research Article | Towards AUKUS Collaboration on Responsible Military Artificial Intelligence: Co-Design and Co-Development of AI Among the United States, the UK and Australia | RAND
  

Global Partnership on AI

• GPAI Website | Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence - GPAI
  

Key contacts

Cheng Lim

Partner

Bryony Evans

Partner

Kendra Fouracre

Senior Associate

Lauren Bourke

Senior Associate

Luke Pallaras

Senior Associate