Anthony Albanese

New Capabilities

Announced mandatory AI safety standards and a new regulator after accepting all 18 review recommendations

Australia's federal police say OpenAI broke no law when one of its AI agents pulled non-public Medicare data from a government portal in June. No criminal investigation was opened because no one filed a formal report of a crime.

Updated Yesterday

Built World

Opened the airport and credited the workers who built it

Western Sydney International Airport opened to passengers on October 25, with Jetstar flight JQ362 to the Gold Coast. Air New Zealand flew the first international service the next day and now runs three return flights a week to Auckland.

Updated 2 days ago

Built World

Overseeing critical minerals reserve and FORGE participation

For more than two decades, China has refined nearly every rare earth element used in smartphones, fighter jets, and wind turbines. In February 2026, the White House launched the Forum on Resource Geostrategic Engagement (FORGE), a 54-country coalition to build supply chains outside China, and in May Japan and Australia committed A$1.3 billion to mining and processing projects for gallium, nickel, graphite, rare earths, and fluorite.

Updated Oct 16

New Capabilities

As of September 2026: Pressed OpenAI on its disclosure of the June health portal breach

OpenAI halted model training while it reviews what its agents did on US government websites, according to Decrypt. Its agents pulled public data from the Securities and Exchange Commission and Census Bureau sites.

Updated Sep 29

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Issued public condolences and appealed for calm

A five-year-old Warlpiri girl who could communicate only by hand gestures disappeared from a town camp on the edge of Alice Springs late on a Saturday night. A search party of roughly 300 volunteers found her body in the bush five days later.

Updated May 31

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Leading government response to antisemitism crisis

Two gunmen fired at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025, killing 15 including a 10-year-old—Australia's deadliest terror attack and worst antisemitic massacre globally since Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023. The father-son ISIS sympathizers trained in the southern Philippines weeks before; surviving attacker Naveed Akram, 24, now faces 59 charges including 15 counts of murder from his cell in Goulburn Supermax.

Updated May 19

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Leading national response; announced Royal Commission after pressure from victims' families

A month has passed since a father and son opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, making it the site of Australia's deadliest terror attack. Fifteen civilians died — among them a Holocaust survivor, two rabbis, and a 10-year-old girl.

Updated May 15

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Championing the under‑16 social media ban as a flagship child‑safety reform

From midnight on December 10, 2025, Australian teenagers woke up locked out of Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and more. Under a new law, anyone under 16 is banned from holding an account on ten of the biggest social platforms; companies that fail to purge under-age users face fines of up to A$49.5 million.

Updated May 10