2025-07-02 onward
Public GitHub trail
Open repositories, generated index, current/archived split, and a site-native repo atlas for review.
Public record
A compact evidence ledger for FMI work.
Papers. Policies. Projects. Public outreach.
Four outward-facing lanes, one evidence-first record.
2025-11-24 onward
Policy and governance
Australian AI Fair-Go, safety/governance analysis, and Senate inquiry material.
2026-01-18 onward
Scholarly publishing
PhilPeople / PhilPapers, SSRN, and ORCID research surfaces.
2026-07-11 onward
Public software releases
Google Play surfaces, app-specific privacy pages, and source-linked support pages.
Record badges
At-a-glance signals.
Dated ledger
Public records and what they signal.
Open Government Partnership Fourth National Action Plan consultation submission
FMI has submitted a response to the Attorney-General's Department consultation informing the development of Australia's Fourth National Action Plan for the Open Government Partnership.
- Consultation
- Open Government Partnership: Inform the development of Australia's Fourth National Action Plan
- Department
- Attorney-General's Department
- Status
- Submission receipt confirmed 2026-10-17
- Theme
- Open government, transparency, public participation, integrity, and accountable governance
2026 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap Exposure Draft consultation submission
FMI has submitted a response to the Department of Education's 2026 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap Exposure Draft consultation.
- Consultation
- 2026 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap Exposure Draft Consultation
- Department
- Department of Education
- Status
- Submission receipt confirmed 2026-10-17
- Theme
- National research infrastructure planning, research capability, and long-term public-interest capacity
National civil preparedness and resilience inquiry submission
FMI's submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence inquiry into Australia's national civil preparedness and resilience has been accepted by the committee and published as submission 17.
- Status
- Accepted and published 2026-10-15 as submission 17
- Inquiry
- Inquiry into Australia's National Civil Preparedness and Resilience
- Committee
- Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence
- Theme
- Civil preparedness, resilience, sovereign capability, infrastructure continuity, public coordination, and practical readiness
Official submissions list (no. 17) Official inquiry page AI Fair-Go policy page
Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence inquiry submission
FMI's submission to the Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence inquiry has been accepted by the committee as submission 61. The committee advises it will be published on the inquiry website.
- Status
- Accepted 2026-09-24 as submission 61; publication on the inquiry website pending
- Committee
- Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence
- Theme
- National AI policy, sovereign capability, adoption barriers, data sovereignty, workforce impacts, law, security, and social effects
City of Melbourne data centres and AI infrastructure consultation submission
FMI has submitted feedback to the City of Melbourne consultation on its Draft Data Centre and AI Infrastructure Position Paper.
- Consultation
- Data Centres and AI Infrastructure Position Paper
- Jurisdiction
- City of Melbourne
- Theme
- Data centre planning, AI infrastructure, innovation, liveability, environmental considerations, and community expectations
Australia's AI Consultation submission
FMI has submitted feedback to the Australian Government's Office of AI consultation, Getting it right: Building AI infrastructure that works for Australia.
- Consultation
- Getting it right: Building AI infrastructure that works for Australia
- Department
- Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Office of AI
- Theme
- Requirements for large data centres, conditions for AI training, and Australia's AI standards
Tasmanian data centre and AI infrastructure consultation submission
FMI has submitted a written response to the Tasmanian Government consultation on Draft Expectations for Data Centres and AI Infrastructure Developers.
- Consultation
- Draft Expectations for Data Centres and AI Infrastructure Developers
- Jurisdiction
- Tasmanian Government
- Status
- Submission receipt confirmed 2026-09-16
Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill consultation submission
FMI has submitted feedback on the Exposure Draft Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2026, supporting the proposed preventative, systems-based direction while arguing for practical proportionality for AI-enabled services, local and privacy-preserving architectures, small developers, open development, and responsibility that follows actual risk and practical control.
- Consultation
- Exposure Draft Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2026
- Department
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
- Public record
- Department acknowledgement advises that individual feedback will not be published
- Theme
- Preventative online safety, proportionate obligations, AI-enabled services, local and privacy-preserving architectures, small developers, open development, and practical control
Privacy Reform consultation submission
FMI has placed a submission into the Attorney-General's Department consultation on the Exposure Draft Privacy Amendment (Personal Data Protection) Bill 2026.
- Consultation
- Privacy Reform consultation - Exposure Draft Privacy Amendment (Personal Data Protection) Bill 2026
- Department
- Attorney-General's Department
- Theme
- Personal data protection, privacy law modernisation, AI-related privacy risks, individual control, and accountable digital systems
Horizon Europe Implementation consultation submission
FMI has placed a submission into the Department of Industry, Science and Resources consultation on Horizon Europe implementation, focused on practical access for small, independent, regional, and unconventional Australian R&D.
- Consultation
- Horizon Europe Implementation consultation
- Department
- Department of Industry, Science and Resources
- Theme
- Practical access, small and independent R&D, regional participation, unconventional research pathways, and Australian capability building
Digital Protections Framework submission
FMI has placed a submission into the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Digital Protections Framework consultation, focused on meaningful human authority and accountable automation in employment services administration.
- Framework
- Digital Protections Framework and Section 40Y Guidelines
- Department
- Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
- Theme
- Meaningful human authority, case-aware automation, natural justice, decision provenance, transparency, and real alternative pathways
Australian Senate inquiry into artificial intelligence and data centres
FMI's submission to the Senate inquiry into artificial intelligence and data centres has been published by the committee as submission 71.
- Status
- Published as submission 71
- Inquiry date
- Referred 2026-05-13; submissions extended to 2026-09-01
- Theme
- AI infrastructure, data centres, national capability, local/cloud choice, public-interest governance
Official submission 71 (PDF) Official inquiry page AI Fair-Go policy page
Australian AI Fair-Go
A public policy lane arguing for fit-for-purpose AI: local where local is enough, cloud where cloud is justified, and stronger obligations where AI systems exercise power over people.
- Theme
- Australian AI sovereignty, proportionate governance, model choice, grassroots capability
- Public trail
- Evidence repository first local Git history begins 2026-07-23
- Signal
- Policy-facing work connected to practical software and open evidence rather than abstract positioning alone.
Scholarly publishing
Publications and researcher profile.
PhilPeople publication list
The publication list below is loaded directly from PhilPeople / PhilPapers.
Google Play releases with source and privacy surfaces
FMI publishes selected Android apps through Google Play while preserving source-code context, app-specific privacy pages, package identifiers, production status, and public support routes.
- Current packages
- io.instance001.chatmini, io.instance001.chattypet, and io.instance001.chatty_venture
- Play Console record
- 3 production apps; Chatty-Pet last updated 2026-07-12; Chatty-Mini last updated 2026-07-19; Chatty-Venture publicly available 2026-10-15
- Public source dates
- Chatty-Pet source/privacy surface 2026-07-11; Chatty-mini source 2026-07-15 and privacy surface 2026-07-17
Google Play release directory App support Chatty-mini privacy policy Chatty-Pet privacy policy Chatty-Venture privacy policy
Let's Rethink AI media branch
The public education branch exists to translate AI tooling and policy questions into more accessible explanations without separating them from the underlying open-source record. YouTube carries the long-form channel surface, while TikTok provides a short-form FMI media route.
- Theme
- AI education, tool literacy, public explanation, access beyond specialist audiences
- Site trail
- Public FMI website first local Git history begins 2026-06-19
- Signal
- Shows a public-facing communication surface alongside the technical and policy corpus.
Independent convergence record
A separate evidence page collects selected examples where FMI's public trail shows work in problem-spaces that later became more visible elsewhere in industry, policy, or research.
- Theme
- Independent public development, dated receipts, technical relevance, non-exclusive claims
- Signal
- Useful for readers asking whether the work is isolated, reactive, or part of a larger pattern of serious technical engagement.
Organizational and contact record
FMI maintains a public organizational surface with registered business details, contact information, public support routes, and a commons-first stewardship stance. The business-name and ABN update records mark the shift from an existing ABN into the FMI-shaped public-interest work.
- Registered business
- Fractal Media Infrastructure, ABN 37 986 304 856
- Business name
- Fractal Media Infrastructure registered 2025-11-24 for 3 years; next renewal 2028-11-25
- ABN update
- ABN details update submitted 2025-11-24 for computer network systems design and integration
- Theme
- Public-interest stewardship, funding independence, contactability, reviewability
Public GitHub corpus and generated repo atlas
The public GitHub record is broad, inspectable, and indexed: active projects, historical repositories, source mirrors, policy work, research notes, app code, and supporting infrastructure remain visible rather than hidden behind a private portfolio.
- Current index
- 76 public repositories: 51 active and 25 archived
- Account-level anchor
- Public GitHub activity begins 2025-07-02
- Theme
- Local-first tools, AI interaction, memory architecture, policy, education, research, app releases
GitHub profile Site-native repo atlas Source index Easy Start Guide