Australia Regulatory Crosswalk
Verification required. Claims on this page about Australian law were compiled on 7 October 2026 from secondary web sources and from memory of the law. No primary legal text was read, and each claim is tagged [Reported], [Recalled], [Conflict] or [Unverified] as explained on the section home page. Check the primary text before relying on any of them. This is not legal advice.
One row per instrument in the Australia AI Regulatory Hub, with the wiki controls that relate to it and its verification status. The last column is empty until a row has been confirmed against the primary text; record the primary URL and the date you retrieved it there.
The same data is available as a CSV file for GRC tooling: crosswalk.csv.
Legal force sorts each row under one of seven labels, so that law is not mistaken for guidance or for a voluntary framework. The label is this wiki's reading of the sources and carries the same verification caveat as the rest of the row.
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Binding law | Enacted law or regulation that applies generally in the jurisdiction, including provisions that start on a later date. |
| Binding in scope | Binding only on a sector, a free zone, a state or province, or public bodies. |
| Guidance | Published by a government or regulator, and not binding in itself. |
| Voluntary | A standard, code or framework that an organization chooses to adopt. |
| Proposed | A bill, draft or consultation, or a proposal that lapsed. It is not law. |
| Context | A policy, authority, programme or summary row that sets no rule. |
| Unclear | The sources used do not settle whether it binds. |
| ID | Instrument | Legal force | Type / status | Wiki controls | Verification tag | To verify | Primary URL and retrieval date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AU1 | National AI Plan (Dec 2025) | Context | Policy | AI-CTRL-012 | Reported | Text | |
| AU2 | Privacy Act automated decision transparency (APP 1.7 to 1.9) | Binding law | Binding; commences 10 Dec 2026 (OAIC statement, Allens) | AI-CTRL-013; AI-CTRL-039; AI-CTRL-041 | Reported | Confirmed by OAIC and a law-firm note; read the Act text and APP 1 guidelines for exact wording | |
| AU3 | OAIC privacy policy compliance sweep | Context | Regulator action; began first week of Jan 2026 | AI-CTRL-013; AI-CTRL-035 | Reported | OAIC outcomes; any AI-specific sweeps | |
| AU3a | Privacy Act civil penalty tiers | Binding law | Binding | AI-CTRL-013; AI-CTRL-035 | Reported | Confirm tiers in the Act; which tier an APP 1.7 to 1.9 breach falls in is not confirmed | |
| AU4 | Guidance for AI Adoption (National AI Centre) | Voluntary | Voluntary | AI-CTRL-012; AI-CTRL-037; AI-CTRL-023 | Reported | Practices list | |
| AU5 | AI Safety Institute (early 2026; AUD 29.9M) | Context | Government body | None | Reported | Remit | |
| AU6 | Deepfake criminal offences (forthcoming); NSW workplace AI safety bill; Victoria considering | Proposed | Proposed | AI-CTRL-039; AI-CTRL-041 | Reported | Status | |
| AU7 | Australian Consumer Law | Binding law | Binding | AI-CTRL-012 | Reported | Guidance | |
| AU8 | APRA CPS 230 and CPS 234 | Binding in scope | Binding for regulated entities | AI-CTRL-014; AI-CTRL-005; AI-CTRL-035 | Recalled | Applicability to AI |