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Reached out to 3 prominent Aussie figures thanking them for their sensible treatment of AI risk
Contacted 3 politicians about AI existential risk - can share more in the next few months!
Reached out to COSBOA and Canberra Business Chamber about Australians’ trust in AI
Took part in CAPaD’s Community Assembly in Canberra.

Reached out to correct an error in The Daily Aus’ reporting on the Pentagon’s dispute with Anthropic .
Released a vid on how Australia ignored the risks of AI at the India Summit and just talked about dividing winnings.
Reached out to Matt Greg MP on AGI risks and the recent India Summit.
Attended Parliamentary Innovation Showcase, met many interesting people and informed them about x-risk! Got a few things cooking that we’ll share in coming weeks.

📢Campaigned for Australia to prioritise safety at India’s AI Impact Summit
- 2 vids calling to action and suggesting the perfect Valentine’s
- 70 emails sent to policymakers, and 70 signatures on our petition , including to Minister Ayres and Assistant Minister Charlton.
- ✅Collaborated with 14 other countries, such as adding 4 Aussie experts to a total 40 international experts co-signing op-ed in France’s biggest weekly, Nouvel Obs
- Sent media release to tech journalists
- Hosted online and in-person workshops
- Postered in Canberra’s Civic, Tuggeranong, Woden, and Waramanga
Publicly asked Senator Pocock how our government will deal with mass unemployment.

✅Publicly asked Andrew Leigh (Assistant Minister, MP) at his book event whether AI researcher predictions of existential risk mean Australia should sign onto red lines for AI development, he said yes!
Reached out to politicians: Fiona Carrick MLA, Thomas Emerson MLA, Jessie Price MP candidate about AI existential risk.
Reached out to organisations: ACT Conservation Council and ACT Greens about their datacentre policies.
Asked Minister Orr about the ACT Government’s datacentre policy at the ACT Conservation Council townhall.
Attended Melbourne’s presentation on Fixing Australian Philanthropy.
Handed out flyers at University of Canberra’s Open Day.

Met with Deborah Morris MLA about AI misalignment, deepfakes and bioweapon risks.
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2025 - more coming soon!

✅Emails from PauseAI Australia volunteers and a question at a live townhall event prompted five politicians to sign the Future of Life Institute Superintelligence Statement . Watch the moment at the townhall on YouTube .

✅Publicly asked Senator Pocock to sign Superintelligence Statement, and he agreed !
5 people from Australia participated in the PauseAI photo petition.
AI Inspector character prepared, has yet to be deployed
Ran a stall at SouthFest. 34 people stopped for >1min chat, 2 submitted selfies to our photo petition.

- Ran a stall at EAGxAustralasia

On 7 October 2025, PauseAI Australia held a book launch and discussion event at Smith’s Alternative bookshop in Canberra to mark the release of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies . Laura Nuttall, MLA, and Peter Cain, MLA, joined the discussion and read excerpts from the book.

✅e-petition EN7777 to the Australian House of Representatives was open for 30 days and collected 168 signatures. The petition asked the House to legislate that all future frontier artificial intelligence systems must pass rigorous independent safety evaluations, and further asked the House to advocate proactively for an international treaty to pause frontier AI development until global safety mechanisms are in place. The Minister gave an official response.
In September 2025, PauseAI Australia responded to the interim report on Harnessing Data and Digital Technology with this submission . Volunteers also made individual submissions (David , Peter , Michael ).

✅Volunteer Mark Brown brought OpenAI to the attention of the Australian Federal Police and the Attorney-General of Australia , alleging potential breaches of the Crimes (Biological Weapons) Act 1976. It was discussed in a news story and on a video podcast .

✅Volunteers in Melbourne protested the missed opportunity of the Paris AI Action Summit. The protest received coverage in the Nine newspapers.