AI governance and compliance — your questions answered.

The AI6 (Guidance for AI Adoption) framework is the Commonwealth's six-part structure for responsible AI, covering the essentials — accountability, risk management, transparency, and more. It is widely regarded as the new national standard for how businesses should structure their AI governance.

The National AI Plan does not rely on a standalone "AI Act" for enforcement. Instead, it uses existing technology-neutral laws — including privacy and consumer protection. AI6 is the voluntary baseline designed to help you proactively meet those existing mandatory legal requirements.

AI6 is rapidly becoming the accepted industry baseline for responsible AI, and it is increasingly written into major projects and tenders. The laws and government policies it maps to are already mandatory — they apply whether or not you adopt AI6.

To keep winning work — particularly with large clients or government — you need to demonstrate a robust governance framework. AI6 gives you that recognised baseline, ready to show a principal the moment they ask.

AI6 forms a recognised foundation — once it's in place, almost everything else is client-, project-, or asset-specific. The most efficient approach is to implement AI6 once as your governance spine, then express Privacy, SOCI/CIRMP, and government-policy requirements as additional fields, steps, or templates inside that framework.

That keeps you out of the trap of building separate compliance silos every time a new requirement lands.

AI6 provides the governance spine: the framework for risk assessment, testing, and human oversight. For specific project categories, a few mandatory legal overlays may also apply — and the app is built so you simply extend your existing AI6 artefacts (risk register, policies) to capture them, rather than starting again.

The two overlays worth watching:

• The Privacy Act — relevant if your business turns over $3 million AUD or more, and it applies definitively if you use AI to handle personal data (staff, customers) or for Automated Decision-Making that significantly affects individuals. For example, using AI to screen job candidates or flag employees for performance management are clear triggers for updated privacy policies and security controls.
• SOCI / CIRMP (Critical Infrastructure) — unless you operate a regulated asset (like a power or water utility), you are not directly subject to these. But if you supply those asset owners, they will flow their security and risk obligations down to you contractually, and you'll need to align with their Critical Infrastructure Risk Management Program as a condition of doing business.

The app is an end-to-end guide to developing, complying with, and monitoring AI6 as your governance baseline. It includes:

• A full compliance audit upfront — repeatable any time during the process
• A live Compliance Dashboard
• Compliant templates and checklists your team completes in-house
• Formatted tender and audit submission documents
• WhatsApp support and a free video-call compliance check to verify completeness
• One year of unlimited access, per user

The full audit pack is $390 +GST, all inclusive — the complete AI6 documentation system, audit- and tender-ready outputs, a free video-call compliance check, and one year of unlimited access per user. There are no add-ons or recurring fees to unlock the core framework.

Pillar 01 — Accountability is free to preview before you buy, and you can run the Tender Compliance Check at no cost to see exactly where you stand first. When you're ready, buy the pack from the homepage or message James on WhatsApp with any questions.