Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

Thanks, Senator Lambie, for that second question. As I was about to finish the previous answer—you've touched on exactly where I was to go next, which is that part of the function of that safety institute is to cooperate with partners overseas, including the jurisdictions that you referred to, who all have AI safety institutes themselves as a key piece of their architecture. There are different approaches being taken in different economies and jurisdictions around the world.

The AI Safety Institute, in this government's judgement is an important adjunct to having our capability as a government to make sure that we're capturing the opportunities and spreading the benefits and dealing with those safety issues adequately and effectively. We don't believe that an additional piece of legislation—I might have to come to this in your second supplementary.