Governments have moved rapidly from experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) to deploying it. But a gap has emerged between governments’ ambition to scale AI and their ability to deploy systems with confidence. This report finds that most governments have established AI ethics principles, governance models or national frameworks. The challenge lies in day-to-day execution.

This report presents findings from 729 surveys of digital inclusion, communications and media use among First Nations Australians in ten regional towns. It highlights barriers to digital access in rural and remote areas and provides site-specific profiles alongside aggregated analysis. Produced for Closing the Gap Target 17, it contributes to ongoing efforts to measure and...

In 2025, the Australian Parliament introduced a new statutory tort enabling individuals to sue for serious invasions of privacy. This paper contextualises the operation of the new statutory tort. It explains the different dimensions of privacy, outlines the limits of existing common law and statutory protections, and presents the new tort’s elements, defences, remedies and...

Climate change is not only warming the planet but also increasing humidity. This report focuses primarily on the broad category of extreme humid-heat events. The report’s main objective is to show that the impacts aren’t isolated: they cascade through societies, magnified by other climate hazards, such as storms and flooding.

The Census is Australia’s largest data collection exercise and has followed a digital-first approach since 2016. The objective of this audit was to assess the readiness of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ cyber security arrangements for the 2026 Census. To be ready for the 2026 Census, the ABS must address key remaining cyber security vulnerabilities.