Capability 2.3.3.1

General Use Access

Definition

Regulatory and territorial controls defining how and where data can be processed, stored or accessed within the jurisdiction.

Examples

Consumer Data Right (CDR)
My Health Record
Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (Cth) (amended 2021).

Indicators

Number of accredited CDR data holders and participants
Proportion of health and critical datasets hosted in ASD-certified clouds
Existence of government agency-level onshore data hosting policies

National AI Plan

PLAN COMMITMENT

Limited commitment

Recognises the importance of responsible data access and use through broader commitments to governance, transparency and trusted data practices (Action 8, Action 9), but does not include details of specific action or policies related to general use access. Limited commitment by government is a missed opportunity to increase domestic maturity in a globally scarce capability with high public interest value.

Stocktake

Secure unified research environment (SURE). Sax Institute. 2020. Accessed October 2025. https://www.saxinstitute.org.au/solutions/sure/
My Health Record. Australian Government Department of Health. 7 August 2025. Accessed October 2025. https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/initiatives-and-programs/my-health-record
CSIRO data access portal (DAP). CSIRO. 2011 (public release). Accessed October 2025. https://data.csiro.au/

Is the Stocktake missing evidence?

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