
Government and councils
Sovereign AI that stands up to government review
Government AI solutions for agencies and councils: defensible use cases, built inside your own environment in Australia, with a person approving every output.
What slows agencies down
Correspondence volume
Ministerials, requests and FOI applications triaged by hand.
Records and case notes
Information rekeyed between case, records and finance systems.
AI policy obligations
Transparency, accountability and risk duties for every AI use case.
Reporting cycles
Annual and performance reports assembled from many sources.
Data residency
Information that must stay in Australia and inside your controls.
What we deliver
Govern
A use-case register, risk ratings and accountable owners aligned to government AI policy.
Build
AI does the first pass on correspondence, records or reports. Officers approve.
Prove
It runs alongside your team before go-live, with a full audit log.
Hand over
Code, documentation and runbooks owned by your agency.
Systems we work with
We connect to the platforms you already run. You keep your licences and your data.
- TechnologyOne
- SAP
- Dynamics 365
- ServiceNow
- Objective
- Content Manager
- Salesforce
- Microsoft 365
- Power BI

Designed for your boundary
We built RootCauseAI, our own self-hosted AI product, to work inside a client's own network with read-only access. Government work follows the same design: your infrastructure, in Australia, with human approval.
- Hosted inside your agency's own environment in Australia
- Access through your identity provider
- Every action logged for audit
Questions
What is sovereign AI in Australia?
Sovereign AI means the models, data and logs sit in Australia inside an environment the agency controls, with access decided by its own policies and identity provider. No prompt or record is processed offshore or retained by a vendor for training.
What does the Policy for the responsible use of AI in government require?
The Digital Transformation Agency's policy asks Commonwealth agencies to name accountable officials for AI, publish an AI transparency statement and manage the risk of each use case. We help agencies keep a use-case register and design each build so the transparency statement can describe it accurately.
Can AI make automated decisions about citizens?
AI can prepare and recommend, and any decision the law requires a person to make stays with that person. Since the Robodebt Royal Commission, we treat automated decision-making as high risk by default and document who decides at every step.
Can AI triage ministerial correspondence and FOI requests?
Yes. AI can classify incoming ministerials, FOI applications and customer requests, summarise each one and route it to the right team, with officers approving before anything is sent. Statutory timeframes, such as the 30-day FOI processing period, can be tracked automatically.
Can you run an AI proof of concept for an agency?
Yes. We scope one use case, build it inside your environment and run it alongside your officers with a full audit log for an agreed period. The go or stop decision then rests on measured accuracy and time saved.
How can local councils use AI?
Councils use AI to triage customer requests, check development applications for missing documents, keep asset records current and draft reports for council meetings. Officers approve every output, and builds connect to systems such as TechnologyOne, Objective and Content Manager.
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Start with one defensible use case
Tell us the process and we will show you how to govern and deliver it.
Fixed-fee phases, agreed before we start. Stop after any phase.