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Free course · for Australian SMBs · 5 lessons · about 36 min

Your AI policy, sorted.

Get your team using AI safely without a lawyer or a ban. Five short lessons on the Australian rules in plain English, what's safe to put in, which tools to approve and how to set them up, keeping a human in the loop, and writing a one-page policy people will actually follow. With a Privacy Act change landing in December 2026, now's the time.

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For owners and teams who want the upside of AI without the horror stories or a hefty legal bill. Plain English, Australian context, and a policy you can actually put in front of your staff.

What you'll learn
Lesson 1 Why you need an AI policy now The Australian rules in plain English: the National AI Centre's voluntary guardrails, the ASD small-business guidance, and the Privacy Act transparency obligation landing in December 2026. Why a one-page policy beats a ban. 7 min
Lesson 2 What's safe vs risky to put into AI A simple three-tier way to classify your information, the common failure modes that bite small teams, and the few categories that should never go near a public chatbot. 8 min
Lesson 3 Choosing and configuring approved tools The privacy and training-opt-out settings to check in ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot and Gemini, business tiers versus free, and how to keep a short approved-tools register so people aren't guessing. 8 min
Lesson 4 Human in the loop and disclosure The review rule for anything customer-facing, factual, legal or financial, plus when you must tell people AI was involved, ahead of the Privacy Act automated-decision transparency obligation in December 2026. 7 min
Lesson 5 Write your policy and roll it out Turn it all into a one-page policy and a staff one-pager people will actually read, then roll it out without the eye-rolling. The fill-in template does the heavy lifting. 6 min

Work through them in order. The single way in is lesson 1.

Carry on anywhere.

Start on your laptop, finish on the train. Save your spot and we'll email you a link that picks the course back up on any device. No account, no password.

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Save your progress

Pop your email in and we'll send you a link to pick up where you left off, on any device. No account needed.

Just for the link to your progress. No spam, and I never share your details.

Take it to your team.

The fill-in playbook turns the course into the real artefacts: a one-page AI-use policy, an approved-tools register, a data-classification cheat-sheet, and a staff one-pager. Type into it or print it. Want just the gist? There's a free one-page summary too.

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Get the AI policy playbook

Pop your email in and the fill-in playbook is yours: a one-page AI-use policy, an approved-tools register, a data-classification cheat-sheet, and a staff one-pager. Type into it or print it for your team.

Your email gets you the workbook, that's it. No spam, and I never share your details.

Prefer the quick version? Read the free one-page summary →

Before you start.

Is the course really free?
Yes, completely. All five lessons are free to read with no sign-up. If you'd like the fill-in playbook to draft your policy, approved-tools register and staff one-pager, that's a quick email, and that's the only thing asked for anywhere on here. There's a free one-page summary too, with nothing asked for.
Who is this for?
Any Australian small or medium business owner, manager or office lead who wants their team using AI safely without hiring a lawyer. No technical or legal background needed. If you've got staff pasting things into ChatGPT and no rules around it yet, this is for you.
Is this legal advice?
No. It's a plain-English, practical playbook from a consultancy that helps businesses use AI well. It points you at the Australian guidance that exists and helps you write a sensible policy, but for anything turning on your specific obligations, check with your own legal adviser.
How long does it take?
About 36 minutes all up, across five short lessons. Read it in one sitting or one lesson at a time, whatever suits.
Will it go out of date as the rules change?
The settings and product names move, so the course sticks to what lasts: the principles, the data line, the human-check habit, and how to keep your policy current. We flag the December 2026 Privacy Act change clearly, and the playbook is built to be reviewed and updated.
Is this just a sales pitch?
No. It's the same honest advice JDCS would give in a conversation, written down, so you walk away with a policy you could actually adopt. If you later want a hand rolling AI out safely across your team, the first conversation is free and you keep the plan either way.
When you're ready

Want AI rolled out safely across your team?

Once you've drafted your policy, the next step is making safe use stick: the right tools set up properly, a simple disclosure approach, and your team trained on what's fine and what isn't. That first conversation is free, and you keep the plain-English plan either way.

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