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Australia's app-store age checks are now law. Most of it already happened.

The deadline fell on 9 September. Apple switched it on in February — and the half that reaches AI tools has been live since March.

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The TPB's AI guidance is final: your accountant is still on the hook, not the chatbot

Australia's tax regulator has finalised its rules on how tax and BAS agents use AI. The headline hasn't changed: the agent stays responsible, not the software. What's new is that it's settled — and that it reaches AI which acts on its own.

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Australia's new privacy bill says an AI's guess about you counts as collecting your data

If an AI works something out about you, the draft says that counts as collecting it. Submissions close 18 September.

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From 20 October, telling the Fair Work Commission you used AI isn't optional

From 20 October, drafting your Fair Work case with a chatbot carries three obligations — and costs orders if you ignore them.