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Law firm Holding Redlich has rolled out Lexis Create+, an AI–powered legal drafting solution integrated into Microsoft 365, across its Australia and New Zealand offices. The deployment represents a shift toward automation in legal document creation, following a staged training program for practitioners.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has launched a new interactive dashboard that transforms how organisations access and analyse data breach statistics, revealing a 10% decrease in breaches for January-June 2025.

Nearly all organisations are using artificial intelligence in some capacity, but most remain in the experimentation or piloting phase rather than scaling enterprise-wide, according to McKinsey's latest global survey on AI.

Microsoft's Executive V-P of Security Charlie Bell has issued a stark warning about the security implications of AI agents in enterprise environments, urging organisations to implement robust governance frameworks to prevent AI from becoming "double agents" that undermine cybersecurity efforts.

In October 2025, Noosa Council CEO Larry Sengstock revealed a sobering truth: the council had fallen victim to a sophisticated $A1.9 million fraud perpetrated by international criminals. Despite having standard processes in place, the organisation was targeted through what Sengstock described as "social engineering AI techniques" – a sophisticated, strategic attack that bypassed existing safeguards.

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