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Disquiet grows in Albanese’s back yard as Grayndler artists unite against ‘insane’ AI proposal

The Guardian World Saturday 31 October 2026, 19:00 UTC By Caitlin Cassidy 1 min read
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Inner west Sydney seat has long been safely held by the PM – but potential changes to copyright laws are angering its large creative communityGet our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister is facing growing discontent within his own electorate as creatives push back against the federal government’s proposal to allow AI companies to scrape everything Australians create online. Anthony Albanese’s seat of Grayndler in Sydney’s inner west is home to more than...

Inner west Sydney seat has long been safely held by the PM – but potential changes to copyright laws are angering its large creative community

The prime minister is facing growing discontent within his own electorate as creatives push back against the federal government’s proposal to allow AI companies to scrape everything Australians create online.

Anthony Albanese’s seat of Grayndler in Sydney’s inner west is home to more than 3,000 cultural and creative businesses, and 10% of its workers are employed in cultural and creative fields – compared with 4.2% nationally.

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