Industry · Government
AI work for federal, state and local government — engagements that pass DTA scrutiny, satisfy procurement, and produce systems an APS team can actually run.
AI work for Australian government is shaped by a specific combination: explicit policy (the DTA AI in Government Policy, the Australian Government AI Assurance Framework, the Voluntary AI Safety Standard), real procurement constraints (BuyICT, Digital Marketplace, department-specific panels), and the documentation overhead that comes with any APS engagement. We design AI engagements that respect those constraints from day one — including writing every recommendation in language that survives a Senate Estimates question.
Regulatory context
Every AI engagement we run in Government produces documentation that explicitly maps the work to the obligations below. The risk register, the control framework, the board pack — they reference these by name, so internal audit and compliance teams can adopt the artefacts directly without translation.
Key challenges
The framework is the published expectation, not just a reference. Engagements that don't map cleanly to the framework get queried at internal review. We make the mapping explicit in every deliverable.
Most APS AI engagements run through a panel arrangement. We engage either directly via BuyICT or Digital Marketplace, or as a sub-consultant to a larger panel partner where that's the right vehicle. The procurement path is decided before scope, not after.
Security classifications and the Information Security Manual dictate which AI architectures are feasible. We design with the security posture in mind from the architecture stage — including private-cloud and on-premise deployment options where the use case requires.
Government AI work produces a different artefact than commercial AI work: not a deck, a briefing note. We write deliverables in plain-English briefing format that survives the COG / departmental review process unmodified.
Use cases
LLM-assisted intake, eligibility assessment, policy navigation for service-delivery agencies. Human-in-the-loop, audit-trailed, accessible.
RAG over policy + legislation + case-law corpora. Particularly transformative for departments dealing with high-volume FOI, ministerial briefing, or interpretation work.
Document drafting, summarisation, search across departmental knowledge bases. The lowest-risk, highest-leverage starting point for most APS AI initiatives.
For agencies setting up their internal AI governance posture. Aligned to the AU Government AI Assurance Framework + the Voluntary AI Safety Standard.
Services most relevant here
Practical AI governance for Australian businesses — policy, risk registers, board reporting, and the audit trail that satisfies both your CISO and your CEO.
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From "we should do something with AI" to a prioritised, costed roadmap your team can actually deliver — with the people who would run it sitting in the workshop.
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AWS, Vercel, Postgres, modern web platforms — designed for the load you actually have and the team that has to maintain it next year.
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FAQ
Our cleared-personnel capability and restricted-environment experience is discussed during engagement scoping. Specific arrangements and personnel details aren't appropriate to publish on a marketing site.
Every APS AI engagement we run maps explicitly to the Voluntary AI Safety Standard's 10 guardrails plus the AU Government AI Assurance Framework. The mapping is part of the standard delivery documentation.
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We’ll come ready with questions specific to your industry and your regulator environment. 30 minutes, conversational, no commitment.