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 is the policies, procedures, technologies and culture that organisations build to maximise the value of information while minimising associated risks and costs – see more in our InfoGovANZ IG Industry Report
AI Governance Training for Professionals, Directors and Executive Leaders
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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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MeetUp: From Fragmented Information Management to Enterprise Information Governance
AUD $100.00 + gstWednesday, 9 September 2026, 12 noon to 1 pm ADST
The first MeetUp in our Enterprise Information Governance in Practice series will examine how organisations can move beyond fragmented or discipline-specific approaches and establish Information Governance as an enterprise governance discipline. The discussion will draw on the new InfoGovANZ Enterprise Information Governance Framework.
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MeetUp AI Governance Essentials: The Latest Developments in Agentic AI, Cybersecurity, Privacy and ADM
AUD $100.00 + gstWednesday 16 September 2026, 12 noon to 1.00 pm AEST
Join InfoGovANZ for AI Governance Essentials, a practical MeetUp on the latest developments in AI governance and what they mean for organisations using generative AI, embedded AI tools, analytics, automation and emerging agentic AI capabilities.
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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
Privacy Reform: What Organisations Need to Focus on Now
Australia’s second tranche of Privacy Act reform set out in the exposure draft Privacy Amendment (Personal Data Protection) Bill 2026, released on 31 August 2026, presents significant changes to private-sector privacy obligations. For organisations, the immediate concern is not simply new privacy notices: the proposals go to the way personal […]
Frontier AI: From Awareness to Action – What the Regulators Expect
APRA and ASIC’s latest work on frontier AI makes clear that awareness is no longer enough. Following nine roundtables involving more than 600 attendees and over 380 entities, the regulators are focusing on whether governance, escalation, recovery and third-party arrangements will actually function when AI compresses incident timeframes. For boards […]
Australia’s Guidance for Identity, Access and Accountability in the Agentic AI Era
The Australian Signals Directorate’s September 2026 update to the Information Security Manual introduces specific controls for AI agents. ISM-2133 provides that each AI agent should have a unique identity distinct from personnel accounts and other AI agents. Related controls also require an AI agent register recording each agent’s owner and […]
NAA Corporate Plan – Digital Records, Cyber Resilience and Responsible AI
The National Archives of Australia has released its Corporate Plan 2026–27 to 2029–30, highlighting the growing challenge of managing government information in an increasingly digital environment. With most Australian Government agencies now working digitally by default, National Archives says it must manage and preserve greater volumes of digital records in […]
New Zealand Moves to Restrict Under-16s from High-Risk Online Platforms
New Zealand introduced the Online Safety (Minimum Age and Child Safety Risk Assessment) Bill on 24 August 2026, which would require designated high-risk platforms to take steps to prevent under-16s from holding accounts. Importantly, the Bill goes beyond a social-media age restriction: it also creates recurring child-safety risk assessment duties […]
Children, AI and Age Assurance: Australia’s Privacy and Online Safety Frameworks Converge
Australia’s child-facing digital framework is becoming increasingly layered. Age-assurance requirements for app distribution services under eSafety’s Age-Restricted Material Codes take effect on 9 September 2026, including requirements directed at preventing Australian children from downloading or purchasing adult apps. The Children’s Online Privacy Code is being developed and must be registered […]
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 […]
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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
