InfoGovANZ is a community of international professionals across the data and information sphere - Data Privacy, AI and Ethics, Cyber and Information Security, eDiscovery, ESG, Data and Infonomics, FOI, Information Governance, Legal, Records Management, Risk and Compliance - with a multi-disciplinary focus to collaborate and share best practices and promote global information governance innovation.
Information Governance
Information Governance is the enterprise governance discipline and coordinating mechanism through which an organisation governs the creation, collection, use, sharing, protection, retention and disposal of information as an organisational asset, to maximise value and support trusted decision-making while effectively governing information risk throughout its lifecycle.
What does this require in practice?
The InfoGovANZ Enterprise Information Governance Framework sets out the principles, governance architecture, accountabilities and enterprise mechanisms organisations need to govern information as an organisational asset.
AI Governance Training for Professionals, Directors and Executive Leaders
AI Governance for Professionals
For governance, risk, privacy, records, legal, audit, assurance, data, technology and cybersecurity professionals responsible for implementing and assuring responsible AI governance.
Best for: implementation teams, governance and assurance professionals, privacy and records leaders, legal and risk teams, cyber and technology risk teams.
8 hours | 3 modules | Online self-paced or board briefing Explore Professional Course Now
AI Governance for Directors
For directors, governing body members, board committees and senior executives who need to oversee AI risk, require appropriate reporting, challenge management and understand assurance evidence.
Best for: boards, audit and risk committees, governing bodies, CEOs, CROs, CISOs, General Counsel, Company Secretaries and senior executives with oversight accountability.
5–6 hours | 2 modules | Online self-paced or board briefing Explore Directors Course Now
Upcoming Events and Meet Ups
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InfoGovANZ MeetUp: Information Assets, Ownership and the Enterprise Information Asset Register
AUD $100.00 + gstWednesday, 14 October 2026, 12 noon to 1 pm ADST
The second MeetUp in our Enterprise Information Governance in Practice series will focus on information asset governance and the role of the Enterprise Information Asset Register. The session will consider practical approaches to building information-asset visibility without turning the Register into another static compliance inventory.
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MeetUp: AI Reads: The Infinity Machine: What does the DeepMind story tell us about AI governance?
AUD $100.00 + gstWednesday 28 October 2026, 12 noon to 1.00 pm AEST
Join us for our discussion on The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby about the rise of DeepMind, the ambition to build increasingly capable AI systems, the scientific breakthroughs that reshaped the field, and the organisational, commercial and societal pressures surrounding the race towards more advanced AI.
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InfoGovANZ MeetUp: Information Risk, Reporting and Assurance – What Management and Boards Need to Know
AUD $100.00 + gstWednesday, 18 November 2026, 12 noon to 1 pm AEST
The final MeetUp in our Enterprise Information Governance in Practice series will examine how organisations move from governance structures to meaningful measurement, reporting, review and assurance.
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Latest News
When AI Agents Act Beyond Their Instructions: Governance Lessons from the Medicare Incident
On 24 September 2026, the Prime Minister disclosed that an OpenAI research agent had gained unauthorised access to the public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal administered by Services Australia. The incident occurred on 18 June while the agent was undertaking internet-based research into public medicine spending. According to the Government, […]
What AI Records Need to Be Kept? National Archives Updates Its Recordkeeping Guidance
The National Archives of Australia (NAA) has updated its guidance on information management for records created using artificial intelligence. The September 2026 update is significant because it moves the discussion beyond whether AI may be used and focuses on the evidence organisations need to keep about AI-assisted and AI-driven work. […]
Privacy Reform: InfoGovANZ Highlights APP 11 and the Need for Practical Guidance
InfoGovANZ lodged its submission on the Exposure Draft Privacy Amendment (Personal Data Protection) Bill 2026 on 18 September. The submission welcomes the next stage of Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) reform and focuses on the implementation implications for practitioners responsible for privacy, information security, records and information management, data governance, legal, […]
Latitude Data Breach: OAIC Update Keeps Security, Retention and Disposal in Focus
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner published an update on 25 September about its response to the 2023 Latitude data breach. The update confirms that the Commissioner-Initiated Investigation commenced in May 2023 is continuing, together with a representative complaint accepted in February 2024. The investigation is significant for information […]
Automated Decision-Making: OAIC Releases New APP 1 Guidance Ahead of 10 December
New automated decision-making transparency obligations commence on 10 December 2026. The OAIC has updated its APP 1 Guidelines and released practical resources to help organisations determine whether the requirements apply and what information must be included in their privacy policies. The new requirements apply where a computer program makes, or […]
Developments to Watch
Three further developments are worth watching as organisations move from high-level governance principles into operational controls and regulatory implementation. Australia joins OECD working group on agentic AI in government On 29 September, the Digital Transformation Agency announced that Australia had joined the new OECD Working Group on Agentic AI in […]
Privacy Reform Alert: Major Changes to Australia’s Privacy Laws
The Australian Government has released an Exposure Draft of the Privacy Amendment (Personal Data Protection) Bill 2026 and a detailed Consultation Paper for the second tranche of Privacy Act reform, following the first tranche of amendments passed in December 2024. The package contains roughly 40 proposals and would significantly reshape the […]
Explore our AI Resources
Visit the Artificial Intelligence (AI) section of our Resource Hub, where we’re continually adding valuable content to support your work. Be sure to check out the dedicated sub-sections on: Alogorthim Impacts Assessment Tools Gen AI Guidance AI and record-keeping Our goal is to create a central hub where members can easily access trusted, […]
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The central problem for humanity in the 21st century is how we can nurture sufficient legitimate political power and wisdom, adequate technical mastery, and robust norms to constrain technologies to ensure they continue to do far more good than harm. How in other words, we can contain the seemingly uncontainable.
We don't need to totally reinvent the institutional wheel, creating more opportunities for rivalry and grandstanding. We just should find every means possible of improving it - and fast.
The common thread here is governance: of software systems of microchips, of businesses and research institutes, of countries, and of the international community. At each level is a thicket of incentives, sunk costs, institutional inertia, conflicting fiefdoms and worldviews that must be cut through. Make no mistake. Ethics, safety, containment - these will be products of good governance above all. But good governance doesn't just come from well-defined rules and effective institutional frameworks. ... [it] needs to ensure there is a self-critical culture that actively wants to implement them.
- Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind and Inflection AI, in The Coming Wave
