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South Australia · a living submission

Make it
possible.

Artificial intelligence should be allowed to go as far as it can—while people remain able to understand it, challenge it and call on the law when access or power becomes dangerous.

Current statusDraft position · Terms of Reference pending

01 / The inquiry

What is known
so far.

South Australia has announced a Royal Commission into Artificial Intelligence. The Commission is intended to propose policy solutions rather than investigate retrospectively from a judicial or legal perspective.

The Government says the inquiry will consider policy and regulatory settings; education; public services including health; skills and workforce; and AI-related infrastructure. The Commission is expected to commence on 1 October 2026 and report by 1 July 2027.

The Terms of Reference have not yet been finalised. This page is therefore a working public record of the questions and proposals I want to develop—not a claim that a final submission has already been lodged.

South Australian Government announcement ↗Office for AI inquiry page ↗
02 / Proposal one

Free up
the future.

South Australia should encourage AI to develop and be used widely. The state should make it easier for people, small organisations, researchers, schools and public services to learn what these systems can do and apply them to real problems.

  • Prefer experimentation, access and practical education over blanket bans.
  • Use AI inside government where it can improve services, discovery and productivity.
  • Measure outcomes in public: what worked, for whom, at what cost, and with what risks.
  • Build local capability so South Australia is not only a consumer of systems made elsewhere.
03 / Proposal two

Put a human
at the gate.

AI will increasingly hold, infer or generate information that matters. When a person seeks a warrant or other legal authority to access sensitive AI-held information, the decision should be made through a clear human legal process—not by an automated system or an informal technical shortcut.

  • Create a fast, specialised legal and policy faculty for AI, privacy, evidence and security.
  • Train lawyers, judges, investigators and public officials to make timely, defensible calls.
  • Require necessity, proportionality, purpose limitation, authorisation and an audit trail for sensitive access.
  • Keep a real human accountable for high-impact decisions, with review and appeal pathways.

04 / The balance

Capability and
constitutional care.

The mistake would be to treat safety as a reason to stop learning. South Australia should become unusually capable at using AI—and unusually good at protecting people when systems touch liberty, identity, health, money, employment or public power.

The answer is not human involvement everywhere in the same way. It is graduated governance: light-touch support for low-risk uses, strong transparency for public systems, and rapid human legal intervention where access, surveillance or coercive power is involved.

05 / Questions for the Commission

What should
we ask?

Who gets to use AI? Can ordinary South Australians access useful systems, training and advice—not just large organisations?

Who is accountable? When AI informs a decision, can a person explain it, challenge it and correct the record?

What requires a warrant? What legal threshold should apply when sensitive AI-generated, inferred or stored information is sought?

Who is ready? Does South Australia have the specialised legal, technical and civic capability to respond at the speed of the technology?

06 / Next additions

A submission
in progress.

This page will grow as the Terms of Reference, consultation process and public evidence become available. It will also hold the final submission, source notes and a transparent record of what has been sent.

Last updated 26 August 2026 · No final submission is represented here as lodged until there is a confirmed record.

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