Jul 17, 2026 – 1.03pmWhen Labor’s Ed Husic was dumped from cabinet in a brutal factional coup soon after the 2025 election, his plans to regulate all aspects of artificial intelligence followed him out the door.While the scope and support for those laws are contested in government ranks, what is not disputed is that Husic’s replacement, Tim Ayres, and his assistant minister, Andrew Charlton, wasted little time pivoting to a light-touch approach to regulating the nascent technology.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Ronald MizenPolitical correspondentRonald Mizen is the Financial Review’s political correspondent, reporting from the press gallery at Parliament House, Canberra.Fetching latest articles