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Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Private Meeting Authorization
Parliament of Australia
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- Date Published
- 22 Aug 2024
- Priority Score
- 3
- Australian
- Yes
- Created
- 12 Oct 2026, 04:00 pm
Authors (1)
- Tony SheldonNEW
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Summary
This Hansard record documents a procedural motion to authorize a private meeting of the Australian Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence during Senate proceedings. The committee is tasked with investigating the opportunities and impacts of AI in Australia, including regulatory frameworks and safety standards. While the specific content of the meeting is not disclosed, the committee's work is central to Australia's development of AI governance and its response to potential catastrophic risks associated with frontier models.
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Senator SHELDON
(New South Wales—Chief Government Whip in the Senate) (15:37): by leave—I move:
The Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence be authorised to hold a private meeting otherwise than in accordance with standing order 33(1) during the sitting of the Senate today from 6.15 pm.
Question agreed to.