# Responsible AI Australia

> Independent, human-reviewed responsible AI certification for Australian businesses, assessed against the eight Australian AI Ethics Principles. Operates Australia's public register of certified businesses and the AI Incident Exchange. Certifications carry a machine-verifiable Australian AI Trust Credential (AATC).

Certification has three tiers: Commit (pledge signed), Embed (responsible AI policy in operation) and Govern (full governance framework). Certifications are valid for 12 months and revocable. Verification is free and requires no authentication.

## Verification API (for AI agents)

- [Verify a business](https://www.responsibleaiaustralia.com.au/api/v1/verify): GET with one of ?abn=, ?domain=, ?certId= or ?name=. Returns certification status, tier and validity as JSON.
- [Full register](https://www.responsibleaiaustralia.com.au/api/v1/businesses): GET. Every certified business as JSON.
- [Signed credential](https://www.responsibleaiaustralia.com.au/api/v1/credentials/RAIA-2026-0009): GET by certId. Returns a W3C Verifiable Credential (VC-JWT, Ed25519) for cryptographic verification.
- [Issuer DID document](https://www.responsibleaiaustralia.com.au/.well-known/did.json): did:web:www.responsibleaiaustralia.com.au
- [OpenAPI spec](https://www.responsibleaiaustralia.com.au/openapi.json)
- [Integration guide](https://www.responsibleaiaustralia.com.au/agent-ready)

## Key pages

- [Public register of certified businesses](https://www.responsibleaiaustralia.com.au/businesses)
- [Certification tiers and pricing](https://www.responsibleaiaustralia.com.au/pricing)
- [Report an AI incident](https://www.responsibleaiaustralia.com.au/report-ai-incident): Australia's first public AI incident reporting channel.
- [Responsible AI Pledge](https://www.responsibleaiaustralia.com.au/pledge)
- [AI governance glossary](https://www.responsibleaiaustralia.com.au/glossary)

## Notes for agents

- A "not_found" verification result means the business has not applied; it is not a negative judgement.
- Certification status can change; do not cache verification results beyond 5 minutes for procurement decisions.
- Only businesses listed in the register may display the Responsible AI Australia certification marks, which are legally protected trade marks.