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Does Tim Ayres support AI safety policies?

Senator Tim Ayres (Labor) represents NSW in the Senate.

In public statements he has championed a “lean in” approach to AI—encouraging investment in sovereign digital infrastructure, shaping global development, and lifting productivity, while emphasising regulation, worker voice, and union partnership to ensure AI adoption is safe, inclusive, and aligned with Australia’s social-democratic values.

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Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science

Since 2025

Key decision-maker for AI industry regulation, tech sector oversight, and manufacturing policy that affects AI deployment

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“There are of course questions of regulation, norms, standards and how best to manage risks and harms, which need to be worked through here in Australia and with the sector and our friends and partners overseas. Increasing skills and education of Australians, and confidence in AI adoption is key.”
Department of Industry, Science and Resources · View source →
“I think it's completely reasonable for Australians to be skeptical... I don't think that means that we should be frightened and curl up in a ball on these questions. I think we should be pragmatic and lean into the opportunity and build our own capability to respond to problems.”
Per Capita - Burning Platforms Podcast · View source →
“The Australian challenge is to lean in to adopt AI to lift productivity and living standards, deliver investment in infrastructure and capability and protect our security... other countries in the region are moving fast and so must we.”
CSIRO Staff Association · View source →
“Australia has to lean in to secure a stake in global digital and AI development – to shape the digital future rather than have a future shaped for us at the end of global digital supply chains...”
The Mandarin · View source →
“[In response to criticism of the Productivity Commission's anti-regulation stance and call to roll back existing protections] I feel duty-bound to say you know the productivity commission is but one source of advice for the government. I pay attention to what they have to say... I think we should be pragmatic and lean into the opportunity and build our own capability to respond to problems.”
Per Capita - Burning Platforms Podcast · View source →
“I will be looking in particular at how we can strengthen worker voice and agency as technology is diffused into every workplace in the Australian economy, and I look forward to working with our trade union movement on all of this.”
CSIRO Staff Association · View source →
“Australia must... anchor investment and capability guided by a social democratic national interest approach that includes all Australians in our shared digital future.”
InnovationAus · View source →
“Investing in technology was 'not a zero-sum game' for the labour market... The only thing that would be more disruptive in terms of employment and job opportunities is stepping back, having economies that pass us by.”
The Nightly · View source →
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