A Department of the Seven

Future

Technology & Workforce — twin pair with Build. The human and digital construction of Australia: technology and AI, regional development, workforce and Fair Work, small business and the Red Tape Revolution, and national science.

Minister for Future

What Future covers

Future is everything that connects Australians to the modern economy — the technology, the skills, the science and the small businesses that carry the country forward.

Technology & AITechnology, AI, communications and the NBN.
Regional developmentCorridor township activation.
WorkforceFair Work, retraining and the right to disconnect.
Small businessSmall business and the Red Tape Revolution.
ScienceCSIRO and national science.

Future on the People’s Portal

The DAA is the digital layer across all seven departments — not an eighth department. AusLLM, the free national AI, is built and run here with the DAA — and the rules for AI in the wider economy are DAA legislation.

AusLLM — Your Free AI →AI Governance →The DAA →

Future policies

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