---
title: "2025-26 Annual Report of the President - AI and self-represented parties"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/ai-rules/b12-au-qld-industrial-court-of-queensland-2025-26-annual-report-of-the-president-a"
type: "ai_rule"
site: "AI Law Framework"
issuer: "Industrial Court of Queensland / QIRC"
status: "Annual report"
jurisdiction: "Queensland"
source: "https://www.qirc.qld.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-09/a_report_2026.pdf"
---

# 2025-26 Annual Report of the President - AI and self-represented parties

> Industrial Court of Queensland / QIRC, Queensland.

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## About this rule

- Issuer: Industrial Court of Queensland / QIRC
- Body type: Tribunal
- Type: Annual report
- Date: Date not stated
- Date on the page: 2026-06-30
- Confidence: Medium
- Jurisdiction: [Queensland](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/queensland.md)

## Summary

The President's report in the 2025-26 annual report says use of generative AI tools is starting to bring its own challenges, and records adoption of Supreme Court Practice Direction 5 (24 September 2025) as QIRC Practice Direction 1 of 2026 - Accuracy of References in Submissions.

## Points recorded from the source

- Generative AI tools "are starting to bring their own challenges"
- Supreme Court of Queensland PD 5 (24 Sep 2025) adopted as Practice Direction 1 of 2026 - Accuracy of References in Submissions
- Stresses the Court and Commission must be able to rely on the integrity of legal practitioners, union advocates and self-represented litigants

## Verify note

date_on_page is the end of the 2025-26 reporting period. The PDF path is September 2026; a cover publication date was not read in this pass.

## Source

[Read the Industrial Court of Queensland / QIRC source](https://www.qirc.qld.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-09/a_report_2026.pdf)

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