Australia AI Policy: Dave Sharma Says Tim Ayres Is Wrong – Unions Should Not Control AI Use in Workplaces
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 3 June 2025
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- 3
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- 4 June 2025, 12:56 pm
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The idea that trade unions should be able to exercise some sort of veto over the use of artificial intelligence is retrograde and risks Australia falling behind the rest of the world.
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This article critically examines the proposal that trade unions should have a significant say in controlling AI use in workplaces in Australia. Dave Sharma argues against this idea, suggesting that such control by unions could hinder Australia's progress in AI compared to other nations. This discussion is significant in the context of AI governance and labor relations, albeit with little direct focus on existential or catastrophic AI risks. The article highlights broader implications for productivity and workplace flexibility within the Australian context, specifically in response to labor regulations by the government.
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TechnologyAIPrint articleJun 4, 2025 – 11.21amSaveLog inorSubscribeto save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber?LoginTreasurer Jim Chalmers has said productivity will be the focus of economic policy in the Labor government’s second term. Such a focus is desperately overdue.Labor’s first term was characterised byindustrial relations changesthat made workplaces less flexible and stoked industrial disputes, leading to less productive workplaces.Loading...Dave Sharmais a federal Liberal Senator for NSW and Shadow Assistant Minister for
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