docs: Add JSCAI early advice and Australian Standards for AI (proposed) tracker

docs/safety-standards/ai-australian-legislation.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: "Current Legal Landscape for AI in Australia"
 description: "Overview of Australian laws relevant to AI adoption, including privacy, consumer protection, anti-discrimination and intellectual property."
 robots: "index, follow"
 keywords: "AI legislation Australia, Australian AI law, AI privacy law, AI consumer law, AI discrimination law, AI intellectual property, AI legal compliance, Australian AI regulations, AI legal framework"
-last-reviewed: "2026-10-11"
+last-reviewed: "2026-10-19"
 review-cycle: "quarterly"
 og_description: "Comprehensive overview of current legislation applicable to AI adoption in Australian business"
 og_type: "article"
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ Australia's **IP laws**—covering copyright, patents, trademarks and design rig
 - 🏛️ **Australian Standards for AI — planned legislation in early 2027**
   Prime Minister Albanese announced on 15 July 2026 that the Government plans to legislate an Australian Standards for AI framework. Official material describes a regulatory framework for large data centres and AI training, with mandatory requirements proposed for large AI data centres covering new power supply, connection costs, grid support and water efficiency. The **Office of AI** has been established within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to coordinate design of the standards across government. **National Cabinet met on 26 August 2026 and endorsed developing the standards as mandatory**, with the Commonwealth committing to legislate them in **early 2027**. The final scope, duties and commencement arrangements remain subject to design, intergovernmental consideration and Parliament, and the 26 August outcome is pending confirmation against a primary government source. See [AI Data Centres and Compute Governance](ai-data-centres-compute-governance.md) for full detail. ([Prime Minister of Australia](https://www.pm.gov.au/media/ai-australias-interests); [PM&C Office of AI](https://www.pmc.gov.au/domestic-policy/office-ai), accessed 22 July 2026)
 
-- 🏛️ **Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence — submissions closed 14 September 2026, reporting 30 November 2026**
-  A bipartisan federal Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence was appointed by resolution of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 20 August 2026 to examine the adequacy of existing AI-related laws and regulatory frameworks, including copyright and intellectual property law, national security implications, data sovereignty, consumer protection, deepfakes and cyber security. It will also examine the rate and depth of AI adoption among Australian businesses, with a particular focus on small, medium and family businesses. **Submissions closed 14 September 2026**, with the committee due to report by **30 November 2026**. ([Parliament of Australia](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Artificial_Intelligence), accessed 6 September 2026, via search cache — direct fetch blocked; [Clayton Utz](https://www.claytonutz.com/insights/2026/august/from-patchwork-to-playbook-the-joint-select-committee-on-ai-and-what-it-means-for-business); [OpenAustralia](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2026-08-20.26.1), accessed 6 September 2026)
+- 🏛️ **Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence — early advice issued 12 October 2026, full report due 30 November 2026**
+  A bipartisan federal Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence was appointed by resolution of the House of Representatives and the Senate on 20 August 2026 to examine the adequacy of existing AI-related laws and regulatory frameworks, including copyright and intellectual property law, national security implications, data sovereignty, consumer protection, deepfakes and cyber security. It will also examine the rate and depth of AI adoption among Australian businesses, with a particular focus on small, medium and family businesses. **Submissions closed 14 September 2026**, with the committee due to report by **30 November 2026**. On **12 October 2026** the committee sent early advice to the Prime Minister recommending a proportionate, risk-based framework for the development and deployment of AI systems (scoped in the letter to frontier developers, with its wider reach unresolved), incident reporting duties for frontier labs, minimum standards for data sovereignty and data centres "where appropriate supported by legislation", and national action on AI literacy, skills and procurement. The advice is not legislation; the Government has signalled it intends to legislate national AI standards in 2027. See [Australian Government AI Policy and Frameworks](ai-government-policy-frameworks.md#early-advice-to-the-prime-minister-12-october-2026) for a summary. ([Parliament of Australia](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Artificial_Intelligence), accessed 6 September 2026, via search cache — direct fetch blocked; [Clayton Utz](https://www.claytonutz.com/insights/2026/august/from-patchwork-to-playbook-the-joint-select-committee-on-ai-and-what-it-means-for-business); [OpenAustralia](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2026-08-20.26.1), accessed 6 September 2026)
 
 - 🏛️ **DTA policy for the responsible use of AI in government — staged implementation running to 30 April 2027**
   Version 2.0 of the DTA's *Policy for the responsible use of AI in government* took effect on **15 December 2025** and is mandatory for non-corporate Commonwealth entities, subject to the defence and national intelligence community carve-outs. It sets **staged implementation timeframes** rather than a single commencement date. Within **6 months** of the policy taking effect (15 June 2026), agencies must develop a strategic position on AI adoption. Within **12 months** (15 December 2026), agencies must designate an accountable use case owner for each in-scope AI use case and maintain a register of accountable use case owners, establish an approach to embed responsible AI practices, implement mandatory training for all staff on responsible AI use, and begin AI use case assessments. The remaining requirements also fall in that window: completing an AI impact assessment before deployment; processes to assess, approve and oversee AI use cases; and reporting AI incidents. For **existing use cases not yet assessed**, agencies must determine whether they are in scope and apply all relevant policy actions **by 30 April 2027**. All 94 mandatory agencies published public AI transparency statements during 2026. The Department of Finance said agencies had until **July 2026** to appoint a Chief AI Officer; its announcement does not report completion across entities ([Department of Finance](https://www.finance.gov.au/about-us/news/2025/establishing-chief-ai-officers-aps)). ([DTA policy v2.0](https://www.digital.gov.au/ai/ai-in-government-policy); [strategy and oversight](https://www.digital.gov.au/ai/AI-in-government-policy/strategy-and-oversight); [preparedness and operations](https://www.digital.gov.au/ai/AI-in-government-policy/preparedness-and-operations); [AI use case impact assessment](https://www.digital.gov.au/ai/AI-in-government-policy/ai-use-case-impact-assessment), accessed 8 September 2026)

docs/safety-standards/ai-data-centres-compute-governance.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: "AI Data Centres and Compute Governance"
 description: "Australian AI data centre policy, state strategies and trusted directories, covering energy, water, planning, security and sovereignty."
 robots: "index, follow"
 keywords: "AI data centres Australia, Australian data centre directory, data centre regulation Australia, compute governance Australia, Australian Standards for AI, Data Centre Expectations, Victoria Sustainable Data Centre Action Plan, NSW Data Centre Consultation Paper, South Australia Data Centre Strategy, AI infrastructure policy, data centre energy water"
-last-reviewed: "2026-10-11"
+last-reviewed: "2026-10-19"
 review-cycle: "quarterly"
 og_description: "A source-led guide to Australian data centre policy, state approaches, compute governance and trusted facility directories"
 og_type: "article"
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ These expectations describe the Government's intended **social licence** for maj
 
 ## Proposed Australian Standards for AI
 
+For the whole-of-economy picture, including the Joint Select Committee's recommendations beyond data centres, see the [Australian Standards for AI (proposed)](australian-standards-for-ai.md) tracker.
+
 The 15 July 2026 announcement says the future national framework will build on the Data Centre Expectations. The Government proposes legal obligations requiring large data centres to:
 
 - underwrite their own new power supply