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Albanese Office Approved AI Policy Letter Edits Hours Before Dispatch

By Drooid · Oct 13, 2026, 6:24 AM UTC · How we work

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s office approved edits to a bipartisan AI policy letter before it was sent.
A senior adviser made final edits at 8:55 pm, 35 minutes before the committee sent the letter to Albanese.
Senator David Pocock submitted his edits at 9:55 pm, not knowing the letter had already been dispatched.
Pocock said the letter ignored creatives’ copyright concerns, a datacentre levy, AI-worker retraining, and border genetic-synthesis screening.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s office approved edits to a bipartisan AI policy letter before it was sent.
A senior adviser made final edits at 8:55 pm, 35 minutes before the committee sent the letter to Albanese.
Senator David Pocock submitted his edits at 9:55 pm, not knowing the letter had already been dispatched.
Pocock said the letter ignored creatives’ copyright concerns, a datacentre levy, AI-worker retraining, and border genetic-synthesis screening.