Today at Sydney University, the Prime Minister gave a landmark speech setting out policy directions on artificial intelligence. The speech comes amid ongoing debate about how Australia should respond to AI.
Albanese set out an optimistic vision for how Australia can meet this industrial boom and protect Australian stakeholders – but technical and implementation challenges mean that asserting Australian interests against technology companies will be far from simple.
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Produced By: Aspen Beilharz
Featured In Story: Dr Andrew Cullen – Senior Research Fellow, School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne
First aired on The Wire, Wednesday 15 July 2026