AI Disclosure Resources
Primary source documents from Australian courts, tribunals, and government bodies. All links go directly to official sources.
Fair Work Commission
- FWC website
Australia's national workplace relations tribunal.
- A disrupted future: Artificial intelligence and the Fair Work Commission (PDF)
FWC President Justice Hatcher's presentation to the Victorian Bar Association, 18 February 2026. Contains the proposed AI disclosure form wording.
- FWC AI Transparency Statement
The FWC's own statement on its use of artificial intelligence, published February 2025.
- Unfair dismissal process guide
Step-by-step guide to the FWC's unfair dismissal process.
New South Wales
- Practice Note SC Gen 23 — Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (PDF)
NSW Supreme Court practice note on AI use in proceedings. Commenced 3 February 2025.
- NSW Supreme Court — Generative Artificial Intelligence page
Central page for all NSW Supreme Court AI resources, including guidelines for non-lawyers.
- NCAT Procedural Direction 7 — Use of Generative AI (PDF)
NCAT's procedural direction on AI use in tribunal proceedings. Effective 7 April 2025.
South Australia
- Supreme Court issues guidelines for the use of Generative AI
Announcement of AI guidelines adopted from 1 January 2026, applying across all SA courts.
Victoria
- VCAT Practice Note PNVCAT11 — Use of generative artificial intelligence
VCAT's practice note on acceptable use of generative AI in tribunal proceedings.
Federal Court of Australia
- Notice to the Profession — AI use in the Federal Court (April 2025)
Federal Court notice on expected responsible use of AI and upcoming consultation.
- Federal Court AI Statement
The Federal Court's transparency statement on its own adoption of AI.
- Law Council of Australia — AI use in the Federal Court (submission)
The Law Council's submission to the Federal Court's AI consultation.
Standards & Government
- AS ISO/IEC 42001:2023 — AI Management System (Standards Australia)
Australia's adoption of the world's first certifiable AI management system standard.
- AI Policy Update — DTA Policy for Responsible Use of AI in Government
Updated government AI policy with first mandatory requirements beginning 15 June 2026.
Key Cases
Notable Australian decisions involving AI use in legal proceedings.
Valu v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (No 2) [2025] FedCFamC2G 95
Lawyer referred to the NSW Legal Services Commissioner after submitting court documents containing AI-generated, non-existent case citations drafted with ChatGPT.
Pennisi [2026] FWC
FWC rejected a 53-page AI-generated general protections application. The submissions contained non-existent case law, and contentions changed and evolved with each repetition throughout the material.
Deysel v Electra Lift Co. [FWC]
ChatGPT assisted an applicant in bringing a general protections application against a former employer, but failed to flag the 21-day filing deadline. The claim was filed approximately 2.5 years late.
Riley v Nuvei Australia Merchant Services Pty Ltd [2026] FWC
Applicant admitted to using a 'legally trained' AI tool. The FWC identified that some cited case law were fake. The Commission noted that particular legal principles or authorities may have been AI hallucinations.
Luck v Secretary, Services Australia [2025] FCAFC 26
The Full Federal Court redacted a false case citation from its reasons, noting it 'may be a product of hallucination by a large language model' and taking steps to prevent the false information from being propagated further.
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