Australia: Amendments to Copyright Laws
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
26 Oct 2025 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
Australia
Policy Area
Intellectual property
Policy Instrument
Copyright protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Attorney-General announced consultation on updates to Copyright Laws to address AI challenges and rejection of establishing a text and data mining exception
On 26 October 2025, the Attorney-General announced that the Government is consulting on potential updates to Australia’s copyright laws to address challenges arising from artificial intelligence (AI). The Government confirmed it will not introduce a…
SourceEvent type
order
Action type
announcement
Government branch
executive
Government body
central government