How the Australian Government talks about its use of AI

Since February 2025, non-corporate Commonwealth entities have had to publish an AI transparency statement: a public page saying how they use AI and how they manage its risks. 95 of the 96 agencies required to publish have done so; the remaining agency (NEPA, 1 July 2026) was created recently. This site keeps the versions it finds and summarises what changed.

Each square is an agency, shaded by how much of its statement is in its own words (bespoke) rather than shared with other agencies (borrowed).

bespoke borrowed not yet not required What is bespoke?

128 changes of substance since 11 Nov 2025, across 121 published statements.

Published
121 of 135
Not yet published
1
Not required
7
Exempt
6
Most changed
ART · 4 changes
Most templated
AUASB · 11% bespoke

What’s changed

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Changes recorded each month; darker colours mark more substantial edits. How we classify them.

Recorded changes per month, stacked by tierMay 2026: 70 changes (11 of substance, 0 reworded, 6 cosmetic, 53 noise) was the busiest month. Figures in the table below.November 2025, noise: 35December 2025, changes of substance: 5December 2025, noise: 3February 2026, changes of substance: 19February 2026, noise: 8March 2026, changes of substance: 18March 2026, cosmetic edits: 5March 2026, noise: 7April 2026, changes of substance: 18April 2026, cosmetic edits: 4April 2026, noise: 6May 2026, changes of substance: 11May 2026, cosmetic edits: 6May 2026, noise: 53June 2026, changes of substance: 22June 2026, cosmetic edits: 6June 2026, noise: 6July 2026, changes of substance: 8July 2026, cosmetic edits: 4July 2026, noise: 2August 2026, changes of substance: 15August 2026, cosmetic edits: 5August 2026, noise: 6September 2026, changes of substance: 8September 2026, cosmetic edits: 2September 2026, noise: 17October 2026, changes of substance: 4October 2026, reworded, same substance: 1October 2026, cosmetic edits: 2October 2026, noise: 4 050100 70 Nov 25Jan 26Oct 26
changes of substancereworded, same substancecosmetic editsnoise
Figures
Monthchanges of substancereworded, same substancecosmetic editsnoise
Nov 2500035
Dec 255003
Jan 260000
Feb 2619008
Mar 2618057
Apr 2618046
May 26110653
June 2622066
July 268042
Aug 2615056
Sept 2680217
Oct 264124
  • Adds a section disclosing the appointment of a Chief AI Officer who leads the Agency's AI strategy alongside its AI accountable official.

    read by Claude Opus 5.5
  • Fair Work Commission FWC

    Discloses AI agents and AI-assisted triage of enterprise agreements, names a new accountable official, and now describes its AI use as current rather than exploratory.

    read by Claude Opus 5.5
  • Discloses trials of AI for decision-making and service delivery uses, softens its no-public-impact assurance to "currently", and adds a Chief AI Officer to its governance.

    read by Claude Opus 5.5

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