FOI 26-3027 – AI Usage Records

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This FOI disclosure contains an email exchange from March 2026 where Department of Health official Blair Comley requested that Copilot in Word generate a 1000-word essay comparing the political economy of Australia's GST introduction with emissions trading policy. The AI tool generated a comparative analysis examining how political forces, stakeholder interests, and institutional dynamics shaped these two major reforms differently—the GST through business and state government support despite consumer concerns about regressive impacts, versus emissions trading through contested climate policy debates. The disclosure reveals departmental use of AI writing assistance for policy analysis documents but contains no health-specific regulatory data, clinical assessments, PBS submissions, TGA evaluations, or therapeutic goods information relevant to the Department's primary functions.