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Policy for the responsible use of AI in government

Record AUS-01

Issued by
Digital Transformation Agency (DTA)
Jurisdiction
Australia
Level · region
National · Oceania
Published / adopted
2024-09-01
In force
2024-09-01
Last updated
2025-12-15
Language
English

Summary

Whole-of-government policy that sets mandatory requirements for the use of AI by all non-corporate Commonwealth entities, with some exceptions. Version 2.0, effective 15 December 2025, requires departments and agencies to have accountable officials, publish AI transparency statements, develop a strategic approach to AI adoption, operationalise the responsible use of AI, assign accountability for each AI use case, keep internal use case registers, train staff on AI and carry out AI use case impact assessments. It aims to keep government an exemplar in responsible AI use.

Safety topics

public-sector useaccountability & liabilitytransparency & labellingrisk-based classification

Status notes

Version 2.0, the December 2025 update, took effect on 15 December 2025 and replaced version 1.1, which took effect on 1 September 2024. The update added requirements for a strategic approach to AI adoption, for operationalising the responsible use of AI, for designated accountability for AI use cases and for risk-based actions at the level of each use case. The policy is organised in three sections: strategy and oversight, preparedness and operations, and AI use case impact assessment. The DTA publishes with it a technical standard for government's use of AI, an agentic AI addendum, an AI impact assessment tool and the APS AI Plan 2025.

Sources

Open the official source https://www.digital.gov.au/policy/ai/policy

Local copy

Archived. A linked PDF could not be downloaded (https://www.digital.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2025-12/Policy%20for%20the%20responsible%20use%20of%20AI%20in%20Government%202.0_0.pdf: The site's robots.txt does not allow automated downloads of this page). Last attempt 2026-10-17 21:35:45 UTC

Official source (third-party copy, not published) archive/AUS-01/2026-10-11/official.html
Retrieved 2026-10-11 13:59:09 UTC
SHA-256 0a762bac3945e1e6a8e8a879c03eaf72b8613bd6b4cc5c22c2e15f727819ff6f

Verification

A
The instrument's own official text, or an official register, was stored and confirms the title, date and status. checked 2026-10-17 · official-url-fetched
Recheck of 17 Oct 2026: re-read the DTA policy page stored on 11 Oct 2026 (the archiver found it unchanged on 17 Oct 2026). It now shows version 2.0, effective 15 December 2025, and its mandatory requirements; the earlier record described version 1.1. The PDF of version 2.0 linked from the page is not stored (the site's robots.txt does not allow automated downloads), so the requirements rest on the policy page. The page gives the date version 1.1 took effect (1 September 2024), not its issue date, so date_published stays at that date. The version 1.1 deadlines for accountable officials (30 Nov 2024) and transparency statements (28 Feb 2025) in the earlier summary are not on the stored page and were removed; the version label 'Version 1.1' was removed from official_identifier.
Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-17: 9 field(s) supported.

History

  1. 2026-10-17notes: Took effect on 1 Sep 2024. It is administratively binding on non-corporate Commo → Version 2.0, the December 2025 update, took effect on 15 December 2025 and repla — rewritten: version 2.0 and what the December 2025 update added, the three sections, and the companion DTA instruments listed on the page2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  2. 2026-10-17safety_topics: ["public-sector use", "accountability & liability", "transparency & labelling"] → ["public-sector use", "accountability & liability", "transparency & labelling", — 'risk-based classification' added: version 2.0 requires risk-based actions per use case and an AI use case impact assessment2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  3. 2026-10-17summary: Mandatory whole-of-government policy for non-corporate Commonwealth entities usi → Whole-of-government policy that sets mandatory requirements for the use of AI by — rewritten for version 2.0 from the stored page: its eight mandatory requirement areas; the version 1.1 deadlines are not on the stored page2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  4. 2026-10-17official_identifier: Version 1.1 → – — 'Version 1.1' is a version label, which the field excludes, and the stored page now shows version 2.0; the policy has no citable number2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  5. 2026-10-17date_last_updated: – → 2025-12-15 — version 2.0 (the December 2025 update) is effective 15 December 20252026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Related records

Australia National AI Plan Australia · Published (non-binding, current)

Citation

Digital Transformation Agency (DTA). Policy for the responsible use of AI in government. 2024-09-01. https://www.digital.gov.au/policy/ai/policy. Status: In force; verified 2026-10-17 (level A). Local copy archive/AUS-01/2026-10-11/official.html retrieved 2026-10-11 13:59:09 UTC, SHA-256 0a762bac3945e1e6a8e8a879c03eaf72b8613bd6b4cc5c22c2e15f727819ff6f. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record AUS-01.

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