Jobs and Skills Australia published the "AI and Employment in Australia" report, the first government document to track artificial intelligence's impact on employment. The report identified occupations most exposed to potential displacement by AI but found no evidence of broad labor market upheaval driven by the technology.

Telemarketers, advertising staff, accountants, and call center workers were classified among the occupations most exposed to AI displacement. The report indicated that these highest-risk roles are routine cognitive jobs, making their tasks amenable to automation by generative AI. It also noted that individuals in occupations most exposed to AI displacement are more likely to be women and possess university qualifications.

Conversely, tradespeople, aged care workers, truck and forklift drivers, cleaners, and gardeners were listed among those in occupations least exposed to AI displacement. These roles, often manual jobs, have the lowest exposure to AI. The report specified that occupations least exposed to AI displacement are filled by individuals with the lowest level of university qualifications and the highest level of vocational training.

Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth stated, "Artificial intelligence could yet reshape the jobs market in Australia, but this report shows labour market conditions remain strong by historical standards, youth outcomes have mostly held up, and occupational reshuffling has not accelerated." The report also included economic analysis from Anthropic, an AI company, which stated AI could eliminate half of all entry-level white-collar jobs and potentially increase unemployment by 10% to 20% in the next one to five years. Anthropic's analysis classed call center workers, sales representatives, and information and communications technology technicians among the top five most-exposed roles.

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, part of the same report, did not observe firms replacing graduate intakes with AI in Australian data, despite evidence of this trend from the U.S. Between late 2022 and early 2026, employment in the least-exposed jobs grew by 9.5%, while growth in the most-exposed roles increased by 5.6%. Rishworth added that the government aims to ensure AI creates beneficial jobs rather than threatening existing ones.