AI guardrails need a better scorecard in Australia

December 5, 2025

AI is far bigger than the answers to our entertainment needs and our home computer internet searches. It has moved faster than our “gee whiz” reactions to the available interactive platforms and it is impacting increasingly on our collective freedom, our workplaces, our bodies, our livelihood and the emerging structure of our society.

That’s why Sue Barrett's heads up piece on an existing and apparently agreed ethics framework for AI in the form of Steve Davies MEET framework is so bloody important!

Industry Minister Tim Ayers’ casual “no guardrails” response to AI ethics, using the MEET package was 2 out of 10. This would be a joke except it is so serious. Get your head out of the sand, Tim. Australia needs leadership on this not “she’ll be right.”