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The AI reckoning arrives for Australia’s legal industry

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
October 21, 2026 • 06:00 PM
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David Marin-Guzman and Janek Drevikovsky on the rise of the AI lawyer, and what it means for judges, courtrooms and the future of the legal profession.

The AI reckoning arrives for Australia’s legal industry

A couple of months ago, workplace correspondent David Marin-Guzman was digging into what seemed like a routine industrial relations dispute.

A computer academic at Macquarie University in Sydney had just won a case securing a permanent role – making it the very first test of the Labor government’s new casual conversion laws. It was a solid story.

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