Policy Snapshot: Creative Technology in Australia
This policy snapshot on Australia presents a high-level summary of policies and strategies related to the Creative Industries and convergent technology innovation.
Posted: 20 February 2026The Policy Snapshot on Australia brings together insights from three closely connected policy areas:
- Creative Industries policy,
- Technology strategy and regulation, and
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance.
While these domains are governed through different strategies and institutions, the report highlights how they align around shared priorities: strengthening national capability, developing skills and talent, supporting innovation ecosystems, and ensuring that technological change delivers broad public benefit.
"A defining feature across these policy domains in recent years has been the primacy afforded to First Nations peoples, cultures and knowledge systems. Australia’s national policy relating to CIs positions First Nations stories, cultural authority and creative labour at the centre of cultural life, while technology and AI policies recognise the need to protect Indigenous data sovereignty, cultural and intellectual property, and to address disproportionate risks and harms arising from digital systems."
Australia’s policies reveal a cohesive effort to position creativity, culture and advanced technology as drivers of economic prosperity and social inclusion. At the centre is Revive, the national cultural policy, which establishes the centrality of artists, First Nations leadership, cultural infrastructure and audience engagement, while recognising that technology-enabled creative industries are essential to Australia’s cultural and economic life. In addition, the Government’s technology and AI policies, covering critical technologies, quantum, and responsible AI, provide the regulatory frameworks to ensure the innovation is safe, ethical and globally competitive.