Amazon urges Australia to create AI visas and revamp schools

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 19:32 · Archive

Amazon has told Australian MPs and senators that the country risks missing opportunities unless it acts quickly to develop domestic AI capability.

Amazon has told a parliamentary inquiry examining artificial intelligence that Australia risks missing the opportunity to become a global AI hub unless it acts quickly to develop domestic capability. The company's submission suggests adding an AI stream to Australia's skilled visa pathways and injecting technology literacy programmes into school curricula from kindergarten onwards.

According to Amazon's analysis, fewer than one in five employers feel their workforces are prepared to adopt AI, citing cost concerns and lack of knowledge as barriers. The company argues that Australia has advantages in education, stability and data privacy protections that position it well to succeed in AI development.

Amazon Web Services, which functions as a computing utility, generated more than $185 billion in global revenue during the 2025 US financial year. The company has laid off nearly 30,000 workers across all divisions since late 2025 amid restructuring partly related to AI adoption.

How it is being reported

• Tech giant says AI visas, bots in kindergarten neededTweaks to visa pathways are among the options pitched by one of the world's biggest companies for Australia to best reap artificial intelligence's benefits.Perth Now · 15 Oct, 19:04
• Tech giant says AI visas, bots in kindergarten neededTweaks to visa pathways are among the options pitched by one of the world's biggest companies for Australia to best reap artificial intelligence's benefits.The West Australian · 15 Oct, 19:03

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