NSW Government Workers’ Compensation Bill Includes AI Monitoring Regulations
Australian Financial Review
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- Date Published
- 6 Aug 2025
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- 10 Aug 2025, 01:49 pm
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The Minns government has included the country’s first express regulation of artificial intelligence in a workers’ compensation bill.
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The article highlights the introduction of explicit AI monitoring regulations for workers in a new bill by the Minns government in New South Wales. These regulations allow unions to inspect AI systems used by employers to ensure that they do not infringe on worker privacy by tracking performance unreasonably. This development marks the first time AI has been directly addressed in regulatory terms within Australia's legislative framework, underscoring the growing importance of AI governance in workplace safety policy. The business sector has expressed surprise, noting they were not consulted on these legislative changes, highlighting tensions between regulatory bodies and industry in the sphere of AI governance.
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Work & CareersWorkplaceAIPrint articleDavid Marin-GuzmanWorkplace correspondentAug 7, 2025 – 4.50pmSaveLog 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?LoginUnions would have the right to enter workplaces and lift the hood on employers’ artificial intelligence systems to ensure they are not being used to track performance in an “unreasonable” way, under the country’s first express regulation of AI that has been quietly added to proposed legislation in NSW.Business has responded with surprise to proposed powers the Minns Labor government included in a workers’ compensation bill introduced to state parliament on Wednesday and say they were not consulted or notified about the changes.Loading...David Marin-Guzmanwrites about industrial relations, workplace, policy and leadership from Sydney.Connect withDavidonTwitter.EmailDavidatdavid.marin-guzman@afr.comSaveLog 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?LoginLicense articleFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreAIIndustrial relationsNSW State ParliamentTrade unionsBusiness Council of AustraliaWorkplaceProductivity summitWorkplace safetyFlexible workingFetching latest articlesThe 25 new watches you need to know nowLuke Benedictus and Bani McSpeddenWhat OpenAI’s Sam Altman suggests you do to keep your jobThis Australian watch reseller is making its move on London and NYCTop directors tell Chalmers to ditch tax and focus on growthSally PattenClimate reporting: What directors need to know in year oneHow this CEO used an AI podcast to prepare for a panelCadillac’s first-ever EV is a head turner – but is it worth the price?Tony DavisThe stress buster this Sydney VP turns to when work overwhelmsHow to avoid the toxic side of health trackersKroonenburg lands big valuation for AI ad agency CuttableYolanda RedrupJustin Hemmes appeals nightcap knock-backCowin-backed plant-based meat start-up buys US fake chicken rival