Short answer: Evaluating an AI agent for citizen surveys is not a sales-tool evaluation. As at 26 August 2026, Australian Government agencies — specifically non-corporate Commonwealth entities — must apply the DTA's Policy for the responsible use of AI in government (Version 2.0), and a survey agent phoning citizens is almost certainly an in-scope AI use case needing a documented impac
What this covers
- The rules that apply, as at August 2026
- A citizen survey agent is almost certainly in scope
- The national assurance framework is still live
- Privacy: the APPs, the Privacy Code, and the PIA
- Procurement: what we could and could not confirm
This is a technical summary. The full guide — with the tables and worked examples — is on our site: *AI Survey Agents for Government: The Procurement and Privacy Questions Buyers Actually Ask*.
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