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Our AI regulation will be light-touch, Australian minister tells tech companies

By James Panichi ( September 16, 2025, 06:44 GMT | Insight) -- Australia intends to regulate artificial intelligence “as much as necessary and as little as possible” in a way that doesn’t hinder the growth of a local AI sector, according to the country’s digital minister. Speaking in Sydney, Digital Economy Minister Andrew Charlton also said that while government policy should support AI development, this needed to be done in a way that protects people from “risks and hazards that are associated with any change of this magnitude.”Australia intends to regulate artificial intelligence “as much as necessary and as little as possible” in a way that doesn’t hinder the growth of a local AI sector, according to the country’s digital minister....

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