The purpose of this guidance is to enable Australian Government agencies to move beyond isolated artificial intelligence (AI) experiments and achieve meaningful business AI adoption, ensuring that AI delivers value and is embedded responsibly within government operations and services. It provides practical advice for successfully scaling AI proof of concepts.

Digital transformation has widespread and complex effects across the economy and society, making trade-offs between public policy objectives difficult to navigate. This framework helps governments and stakeholders to develop an integrated approach to policymaking to shape an inclusive digital future. The framework has seven interrelated policy dimensions and also identifies transversal policy issues.

This playbook proposes that Australia faces a simple choice: it can be an artificial intelligence (AI) leader, or an AI follower. It presents a practical path forward built on three foundations – economic growth, security and setting up Australia as a world-leader in AI – to secure Australia’s prosperity in the AI era ahead.

Digital transformation is an imperative for modern governments. This paper presents the results of the 2025 OECD Digital Government Index (DGI) and the Open, Useful and Re-usable Data Index assessing how governments are structuring, governing and sustaining digital transformation across the public sector. Australia was assessed as having the 2nd highest score in the DGI.

A review into the Australian Government Single Seller Arrangements (SSAs) from 2019 to 2024. The review reaffirmed these contracting frameworks are fit for purpose and remain an effective way for government to leverage its collective buying power to provide value for money. The SSAs are pre-negotiated, whole of Australian Government technology agreements with specified sellers.