FMI brand mark Fractal Media Infrastructure

Public record

A compact evidence ledger for FMI work.

This page gathers the public-facing records that help reviewers, policy staff, collaborators, and institutional readers understand what Fractal Media Infrastructure has already placed into the public record: policy submissions, scholarly identifiers, indexed papers, public software, open repositories, app releases, and public education surfaces.

2025-07-02 onward

Public GitHub trail

Open repositories, generated index, current/archived split, and a site-native repo atlas for review.

2025-11-24 onward

Policy and governance

Australian AI Fair-Go, safety/governance analysis, and Senate inquiry material.

2026-01-18 onward

Scholarly publishing

Live PhilPeople / PhilPapers publication list.

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.

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

National civil preparedness and resilience inquiry submission

FMI has placed a submission into the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Defence inquiry into Australia's national civil preparedness and resilience.

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

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 has prepared a submission for the Senate inquiry into artificial intelligence and data centres. The official parliamentary submission link will be added here once the committee publishes submissions through the public record.

Status
Submission/public link pending committee publication
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

Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence inquiry submission

FMI has submitted material to the Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence inquiry. The acknowledgement from the Committee Secretariat records that the committee will consider the matters raised, and that submissions become committee documents before any public release decision.

Status
Submission acknowledged 2026-08-29; public publication pending committee decision
Committee
Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Theme
National AI policy, sovereign capability, adoption barriers, data sovereignty, workforce impacts, law, security, and social effects

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.

PhilPeople publication list

The publication list below is loaded directly from PhilPeople / PhilPapers.

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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

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 and io.instance001.chattypet
Play Console record
2 production apps; Chatty-Pet last updated 2026-07-12; Chatty-Mini last updated 2026-07-19
Public source dates
Chatty-Pet source/privacy surface 2026-07-11; Chatty-mini source 2026-07-15 and privacy surface 2026-07-17

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