Australia: Attorney-General announced consultation on updates to Copyright Laws to address AI challenges and rejection of establishing a text and data mining exception
Description
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…
Scope
Policy Area
Intellectual property
Policy Instrument
Copyright protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government