Senate debates
Wednesday, 11 March 2026
Questions without Notice
Artificial Intelligence
2:45 pm
Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source
We provided $29.9 million in funding to establish the institute. Existing laws, including those on workplace safety, consumer protection, privacy and copyright apply to artificial intelligence right now. They are enforced by strong regulatory agencies, and our approach is to task and build the capability of those agencies so they do that work in an uninterrupted and effective way.
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