Disquiet grows in Albanese's back yard as Grayndler artists unite against 'insane' AI proposal

'Artists are the first to be thrown under the bus' H Morgan-Harris (right) and Ran Stanton at Tortuga Studios in St Peters, in Anthony Albanese's electorate. 'Artists are the first to be thrown under the bus' H Morgan-Harris (right) and Ran Stanton at Tortuga Studios in St Peters, in Anthony Albanese's electorate. Disquiet grows in Albanese's back yard as Grayndler artists unite against'insane' AI proposal 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. Anthony Albanese's seat of Grayndler 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. He has held it on a safe margin for three decades, and has spoken of its high representation of live music, theatre and artist spaces with pride .