City of Port Phillip · AI Governance
C.A.R.E. Framework
Council AI Readiness & Enablement — Interactive Explorer
4 Enablers
L1 – L4 Maturity
Governance by Design
C
Conscious
Governance
Transparent, accountable AI use — every use case has a defined purpose, owner, and decision accountability. Fairness, bias and impact reviewed before deployment.
AI Policy Ethics & Bias Risk Controls Accountability
A
Applied
Value
Targeted, measurable, responsible outcomes — AI focused on high-value service improvements. Ethical, evidence-based use over broad or speculative rollout.
Service Design Benefits Realisation Use Case Mgmt
R
Ready
Workforce
Capable, confident and accountable staff — trained to use AI safely, responsibly and with professional judgement. Leaders empowered to question and validate AI outputs.
Capability Building Change Mgmt AI Literacy
E
Enabling
Technology
Secure, private and sustainable foundations — privacy, data protection and cyber security embedded by design. AI within governed, risk-managed, energy-aware environments.
Data Governance Cybersecurity Infrastructure

What good looks like at this level