Contxtyfy Field Guide · 2026

Make Australian AI governance
operational. Not theoretical.

A 64-page field guide for the executives, boards, and operators who have to translate AI6, VAISS, the DTA Policy and the Privacy Act into governance that actually holds when AI lands in the building.

  • Length64 pages
  • Read time~45 min read
  • FormatPDF · A4 · Print-ready
  • Grounded inAI6 · VAISS · DTA · OAIC · ACCC · ISO/IEC 42001
  • Decide which obligations actually apply to your organisation, jurisdiction by jurisdiction.
  • Close the gap between governance documents and governance practice — the work most organisations skip.
  • See a five-phase engagement lifecycle you can adapt, whether or not you ever engage Contxtyfy.
What's inside

Eight chapters,
built to be operational.

  1. 01
    The end of the consultation period
    For two years, AI governance in Australia was a conversation. That conversation is ending.
  2. 02
    What Australia has built
    Seven layers of governance, working together — a landscape, not a single document.
  3. 03
    The three barriers
    The data on what is actually stopping Australian organisations from adopting AI well.
  4. 04
    Mandatory dates, by jurisdiction
    The obligations that have commenced or are imminent — and who they apply to.
  5. 05
    The governance gap
    The difference between governance documents and governance practice.
  6. 06
    Five phases that hold
    The Contxtyfy methodology, framework-grounded. Discovery to sustained governance.
  7. 07
    What I learned at Canngea
    A regulated business is the best teacher of how governance actually works.
  8. 08
    Where to start
    Practical first steps for the reader, regardless of whether you engage Contxtyfy.
Written by
“The frameworks are good. The job inside an organisation is harder: translating them into governance that actually holds when AI lands in the building.”
Ryan Ballantyne · Founder, Contxtyfy