“I have a proud history of supporting our public service. I was an official at the public sector union for a very long time.”
Crisafulli has been at pains to rule out any job cuts, despite union claims they will again be on the LNP’s agenda.
Walsh said the leaders’ responses were “somewhat disappointing”.
“I think [Australian governments have] got a huge amount to gain, but [they] naturally tend to be very conservative, not have the expertise, and all those other things,” he said.
NSW has led Australian states on rolling out effective AI policy, Walsh said, adding the country was well behind others, including the UK, Canada, South Korea and India.
“It’s hard not to draw a comparison to other countries and our competitors, where governments have been much more keen to embrace AI than here.”
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