The Department of Industry, Science and Resources published ten voluntary guardrails and a proposals paper on mandatory guardrails for high-risk AI, with consultation to 4 October 2024.
Australian organisations gained a concrete voluntary baseline aligned with ISO/IEC 42001 and the NIST AI RMF.
Voluntary AI Safety StandardDepartment of Industry, Science and Resources · 5 Sep 2024
AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Australia releases a Voluntary AI Safety Standard and consults on mandatory guardrails”. https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2024-09-05-australia-voluntary-standard-and-guardrails (accessed 27 September 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
Cite the official text alongside it: Voluntary AI Safety Standard, Department of Industry, Science and Resources, https://www.industry.gov.au/publications/voluntary-ai-safety-standard.
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