04 · Work with AI

Use it well. Stay in charge.

Practical guidance for workers, students and business owners on adopting AI without losing what makes your work yours.

Will AI affect my job?1 / 6

How much of your day is spent on routine screen work: emails, forms, data entry, reports?

An indicative self-check for awareness, not a prediction. Nothing you enter is stored.

Principles

Four habits for working with AI

Whatever your role, these keep you safe, useful and in control.

Draft, don’t delegate

Let AI give you a first pass, then make the decisions yourself.

Check everything

AI invents facts with total confidence. Verify names, numbers and sources.

Guard the private

Never paste client, health or personal data into a public tool.

Say when you used it

Be open with colleagues, teachers and customers. Trust is the asset.

For small & medium business

Is your business AI-ready?

Tick what’s true today. Eight checks, built for Aussie and regional SMEs.

We know what customer and business data we hold, and where it lives.DataWe have a rule on what staff must never paste into public AI tools.DataStaff know which AI tools are approved, and have had basic training.PeopleWe’ve talked with our team about how AI will change their roles.PeopleWe’ve identified 2–3 repetitive tasks where AI could save real time.ProcessA human checks AI output before it reaches a customer.ProcessWe’ve trained staff to spot deepfake invoice and CEO-voice scams.RiskWe’re across our Privacy Act obligations for automated decisions.Risk

Illustrative case study · Agriculture

Crop imaging and yield forecasting on a Riverina family farm.

Students learning in a regional classroom

Illustrative case study · Education

How a Darwin school set clear, fair rules for AI homework help.

Illustrative case study · Small business