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What Australian AI regulation actually requires, federal and state, read from the consultation papers, plans, letters and audit reports themselves, every claim linked to its document with the date we read it.
Government
Six ministers named the safety agenda that followed the guardrails process. Each priority has a different lead minister and a different law, and none of them carries a published date.
Regulation
Updated OAIC guidance implements the Bunnings tribunal findings and clarifies when the consent exceptions apply to biometric collection in retail. The Kmart matter is still before the Tribunal.
Government
The Auditor-General counted 21 of 26 major agencies using AI, 38 per cent with a formal AI policy, and 5 per cent with AI procurement guidance. The scorecard, charted from the audit itself.
Regulation
Twelve expected actions, four board-level demands, and one enforcement precedent named as the standard. What Commissioner Constant's open letter actually requires, quoted from the letter.
Safety
OpenAI rates all three GPT-5.6 models High capability for cyber and biological risk. Washington reportedly held the launch for testing. Australia, by explicit design of the National AI Plan, had nothing to hold it with.
Policy
Ten mandatory guardrails and a possible AI Act were consulted on in 2024. The plan that answered commits to none of them, and "guardrails" does not appear once in its 37 pages. What binds an Australian AI deployer today.
