Australia's AI Ethics Principles
Eight voluntary principles — including human-centred values, fairness, privacy, reliability, transparency, contestability, and accountability — published by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources to guide safe and responsible AI.
Official source
industry.gov.au
- Published
- Nov 7, 2019
- Last verified
- Mar 11, 2026
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Editorial summary
Eight voluntary principles — including human-centred values, fairness, privacy, reliability, transparency, contestability, and accountability — published by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources to guide safe and responsible AI.
Why this matters
Australia does not yet have a dedicated AI law, so these eight voluntary principles — human-centred values, fairness, privacy, reliability, transparency, contestability, and accountability among them — are what federal agencies, state governments, and most large Australian employers cite when they write internal AI policies. They are deliberately high-level, which cuts both ways: they are easy to say you follow, and harder to enforce. Reading the official page matters because the phrasing is copied into procurement clauses and codes of conduct across the country, and the accompanying case studies show what the principles look like in practice.
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- Government
- Country
- Australia
- Published
- Nov 7, 2019
- Last verified
- Mar 11, 2026
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