Unions have warned that Australian workers and industries risk becoming hostages to the algorithm without guardrails on artificial intelligence. Transport Workers' Union national secretary Michael Kaine told a federal parliamentary inquiry that driverless vehicles could cause deaths, and said a May poll found seven in 10 respondents opposed fully automated taxis and trucks. The National Tertiary Education Union said it is in a dispute with RMIT over an AI program that could affect 40 admissions staff.
《我是澳大利亚人》（I Am Australian）的合作创作者之一Dobe Newton反对该歌曲在一场保守派政治会议上被使用。他表示，从未有人征求他的同意，直到媒体联系他之后，他才得知这一演出。据一份会议节目单显示，该歌曲于10月10日和11日在布里斯班举行的澳大利亚保守派政治行动会议（Australian Conservative Political Action Conference，澳大利亚保守派政治行动大会）开幕式上演唱。Newton先生称，这首歌是为庆祝多元文化而创作的，他认为将其用于推广某种政治观点并不恰当。
Australian Electoral Commissioner Jeff Pope told a parliamentary committee that artificial intelligence is boosting misinformation, foreign interference and threats against political figures. He floated a legal requirement to label deepfakes but said the commission's enforcement powers are limited. Pope said it could only stop misleading content about the casting of a vote, and that a total ban on deepfakes might breach the implied freedom of political communication. Separately, a Productivity Commission representative said it was an open question whether Australia needed to host advanced AI models, and that copyright law would block training unless content was licensed.
