QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator PAYMAN (Western Australia—Australia's Voice Whip) (14:47): Minister, it's not just on social media that AI threatens to disrupt the existing order. In our schools, in our universities, at the GPs and in the office, AI has changed how we work and learn. Since the disappointing removal of former minister Husic, the government has indicated it will take a light-touch approach to regulation.

Why has the government discarded the work of Mr Husic on a standalone AI act?