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Practical guidance for using AI safely in Australia.

Plain-English articles on data sovereignty, compliance and AI governance, written for the people who have to sign off on it.
LatestAI Practice8 min read

Prompt engineering for people with real work to do

One team leader's request for a staff message about a policy change, followed from a vague first attempt to a version she could send, with the reasoning behind each fix.

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AI Practice2 min

Five habits for better AI answers

Most weak responses trace back to the request. Each of these takes under a minute and saves most of the rework.

10 October 2026Read
Security3 min

What not to paste into an AI chatbot

A three-column guide for sorting material before it goes into a prompt, five questions to ask first, and the safer way to get help with sensitive work.

10 October 2026Read
AI Practice2 min

Let the AI attack your draft before anyone else does

Most people use AI to write and polish. It is at least as useful as a hostile first reader that finds the weak points while you can still fix them, and here is one prompt to try today.

9 October 2026Read
Compliance5 min

APRA CPS 234 and AI: what financial services CISOs need to know

How CPS 234 applies to AI tools at banks, insurers and super funds, what APRA's April 2026 AI letter expects, and how to assess an AI vendor.

19 April 2026Read
Security4 min

Why your SIEM needs AI audit logs

Proxy logs show staff reached an AI tool, not what they sent. What useful AI audit events look like, how to get them into a SIEM, and what to detect.

17 April 2026Read
AI Governance5 min

The governance gap in enterprise AI deployments

Most organisations adopted AI faster than they built controls for it. Where the governance gap sits, and the policy, logging and oversight that close it.

15 April 2026Read
Government5 min

Deploying AI in Australian Government: a practical governance guide

What the PSPF, the DTA's AI policy and the ISM now require of a government AI rollout, with the December 2026 deadline and a pilot plan that survives audit.

14 April 2026Read
Compliance5 min

IRAP, the ISM and AI: what security managers need to know in 2026

The ISM now has AI-specific controls. What they ask for, what an IRAP assessment does and doesn't tell you about an AI service, and what to ask vendors.

8 April 2026Read
Data Sovereignty4 min

What Australian teams should check before using overseas AI

Where prompts are processed, who can compel access, what the vendor keeps and who can read it: the questions to settle before overseas AI touches your data.

1 April 2026Read

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