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← On The Call13 Aug · 26 min

Anthony Albanese's sit-down with Capital Brief

Anthony Albanese's sit-down with Capital Brief13 Aug26 min

<p>In an exclusive interview with Capital Brief’s Matthew Franklin and Katina Curtis, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he wants Australia to lead the world on AI regulation. He says his move to legislate AI regulatory standards could become a global model, and points to the Labor government’s social media ban as inspiration for this step.</p><p>Albanese also spoke to gambling advertisement reforms being debated in parliament, warning that banning gambling ads outright would be incredibly damaging to free-to-air television networks.</p><p>We discuss:</p><ul><li>Albanese&#39;s UN pitch to make Australia&#39;s AI regulation a global model</li><li>The PM&#39;s admission that he doesn&#39;t personally use AI and Canberra’s reaction to the revelation</li><li>South Australia&#39;s Royal Commission into AI, days after Peter Malinauskas signed an MOU with OpenAI</li><li>The long road to gambling ad reform and extraordinary Senate evidence on the use of inducements by gambling companies</li><li>Albanese&#39;s argument that gambling ad revenue is propping up free-to-air TV</li><li>Albanese&#39;s strategy for countering Pauline Hanson, to defeat with optimism</li></ul><p><br></p><p>On The Call is a weekly live conversation with the Capital Brief newsroom on the stories driving the agenda in Australia&#39;s centres of power.</p><p><br></p><p>Host Harshdeep Kaur sits down with Capital Brief&#39;s best journalists to dissect what we&#39;re watching and why it matters, and answer questions from our subscribers live.</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to join our weekly live discussion on Thursdays at 12pm AEST: <a href="https://www.capitalbrief.com/on-the-call/">https://www.capitalbrief.com/on-the-call/</a></p><p>Sign up to our free weekly newsletter, The Edition: <a href="https://www.capitalbrief.com/newsletters/the-edition/">https://www.capitalbrief.com/newsletters/the-edition/</a></p>