<p>Inner west Sydney seat has long been safely held by the PM – but potential changes to copyright laws are angering its large creative community</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily political email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The prime minister is facing growing discontent within his own electorate as creatives push back against the federal government’s proposal to allow AI companies to scrape everything Australians create online.</p><p>Anthony Albanese’s <a href="https://creative.gov.au/research/electorate-profiles-creative-australia">seat of Grayndler</a> in Sydney’s inner west is home to more than 3,000 cultural and creative businesses, and 10% of its workers are employed in cultural and creative fields – compared with 4.2% nationally.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/01/artists-against-ai-proposal-anthony-albanese-grayndler-sydney-inner-west">Continue reading...</a>
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Disquiet grows in Albanese’s back yard as Grayndler artists unite against ‘insane’ AI proposal
<p>Inner west Sydney seat has long been safely held by the PM – but potential changes to copyright laws are angering its large creative community</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily political email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The prime minister is facing growing discontent within his own electorate as creatives push back against the federal government’s proposal to allow AI companies to scrape everything Australians create online.</p><p>Anthony Albanese’s <a href="https://creative.gov.au/research/electorate-profiles-creative-australia">seat of Grayndler</a> in Sydney’s inner west is home to more than 3,000 cultural and creative businesses, and 10% of its workers are employed in cultural and creative fields – compared with 4.2% nationally.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/nov/01/artists-against-ai-proposal-anthony-albanese-grayndler-sydney-inner-west">Continue reading...</a>