Australian op-ed calls for “AI–human pairing” and lighter-touch regulation to revive productivity
Summary
In an opinion piece in The Spectator Australia, Datacom managing director Laura Malcolm argues that Australia’s lagging productivity requires a new workplace model that pairs employees with generative AI to automate routine tasks and free humans for higher-value work. She urges the government to incentivize AI adoption through grants, tax breaks and public-sector procurement, and to adopt a "lighter touch" regulatory framework that still addresses trust and transparency but avoids stifling investment and innovation.
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