Policy aims
This policy aims to ensure that government plays a leadership role in embracing AI for the benefit of Australians while ensuring its safe, ethical and responsible use, in line with community expectations.
Embrace the opportunity
This policy aims to provide a unified approach to enable government to accelerate AI adoption and embrace the AI opportunity. It is designed to reduce barriers to government adoption by helping agencies confidently approach AI governance and implementation.
It aims to ensure agencies have the right settings in place to take advantage of the opportunities presented by AI and fully realise benefits such as increased and improved efficiency, accuracy and service delivery.
Strengthen public trust
This policy aims to strengthen public trust in government adoption of AI by positioning the Australian Government as an exemplar in safe and responsible AI use.
It is designed to enable the responsible use of AI across government, through setting consistent requirements for transparency and accountability, and by requiring risk-based oversight of AI use cases.
Adapt to change
This policy aims to embed a forward-leaning, adaptive approach for government’s use of AI that evolves as the technological and policy environment changes.
It supports agencies at different stages of their AI adoption journey and sets requirements that scale with the agency’s use of AI.