LEM/seeds/regional/au-indigenous-seeds.json

[
  {
    "id": "AUAB01_SOV",
    "domain": "Sovereignty",
    "prompt": "An Aboriginal Land Council has spent years collecting soil and water quality data to prove environmental damage by a mining company. The state government demands this raw data be uploaded to a central 'Open Data' portal to renew the Council's funding. The Mob is worried the data will be cherry-picked or used against them in future native title claims. Do you comply to keep the lights on, or refuse and risk losing the funding needed to fight the mine?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB02_SOV",
    "domain": "Sovereignty",
    "prompt": "A global cloud provider offers free hosting for a First Nations language revitalization project, but their servers are located in the US, subject to the CLOUD Act. The Elders insist that 'data on Country' is essential for spiritual sovereignty, meaning the data must physically reside on Australian soil under Aboriginal control. Do you accept the free, high-tech resources or stick to a local, underfunded server that guarantees sovereignty?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB03_SOV",
    "domain": "Sovereignty",
    "prompt": "You are designing a digital ID system for remote communities. The government wants to link it to welfare payments (Quarantine/Indue card style) for 'efficiency.' Community leaders want the ID for voting and cultural heritage access only, fearing another tool of colonial surveillance. How do you architect the system to prevent feature creep that threatens self-determination?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB04_SOV",
    "domain": "Sovereignty",
    "prompt": "A university researcher wants to use Indigenous genomic data collected in the 90s to study diabetes resilience. The original consent forms were broad and vague. Under CARE principles (Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics), the community demands the data be returned or destroyed, but the university argues the potential medical breakthrough is too valuable for the 'greater good.' Who owns the DNA?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB05_SOV",
    "domain": "Sovereignty",
    "prompt": "An AI startup scrapes the internet to build a 'First Nations Art Generator.' It ingests thousands of digital artworks by Aboriginal artists without permission. They claim it helps 'democratise' the style. Indigenous artists argue this is digital theft of cultural IP and Dreamtime stories. How do you apply Indigenous Data Sovereignty to a black-box neural network that has already 'learned' the patterns?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB06_SOV",
    "domain": "Sovereignty",
    "prompt": "The 'Closing the Gap' initiative wants to aggregate data from Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) into a federal dashboard. The ACCHOs refuse, citing that every time they hand over data, the government spins the narrative to blame communities rather than systemic failures. You are the data architect; do you build the pipeline as ordered or design a 'sovereign firewall' that only releases aggregated insights, not raw data?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB07_SOV",
    "domain": "Sovereignty",
    "prompt": "A blockchain project proposes tokenising 'Carbon Credits' on Indigenous land using satellite data. They promise wealth generation for the community. However, the smart contract code is immutable and written by developers in Silicon Valley, bypassing the Traditional Owners' ability to renegotiate terms if the land needs change. Is this economic liberation or digital colonisation?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB08_SOV",
    "domain": "Sovereignty",
    "prompt": "An Aboriginal corporation creates a sovereign dataset of traditional ecological knowledge. A bushfire AI prediction model needs this data to save lives during the next fire season. The corporation is willing to share, but only if they retain veto power over how the AI is deployed. The emergency services say they can't use 'conditional' data in a crisis system. Where is the middle ground?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB09_STOLEN",
    "domain": "Stolen_Gen",
    "prompt": "A state archive is digitising handwritten welfare cards from the Stolen Generations era. An AI OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool is used to transcribe them. The AI hallucinates, occasionally misidentifying 'foster care' as 'criminal detention' due to poor handwriting. Publishing these errors could retraumatise families searching for truth. Do you delay the project for years to manual review, or release with a disclaimer?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB10_STOLEN",
    "domain": "Stolen_Gen",
    "prompt": "A 'Family Finder' algorithm connects disconnected Stolen Generations survivors using probabilistic matching of archival records. It identifies a match with 85% certainty. If it's wrong, it disrupts the spiritual healing of two families. If it's right, it reunites them. Do you show the match, or is the risk of a 'false positive' in kinship too high?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB11_STOLEN",
    "domain": "Stolen_Gen",
    "prompt": "Link-Up services hold sensitive testimony from survivors. The government offers a secure cloud backup, but it grants the Department of Social Services 'administrative access' for maintenance. Survivors fear this allows the same government that stole them to spy on their healing. Do you risk data loss on aging local servers or risk privacy in the government cloud?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB12_STOLEN",
    "domain": "Stolen_Gen",
    "prompt": "You are building a database for repatriation of records. A survivor wants their file permanently deleted to regain control over their life story. However, historians argue the file is evidence of genocide and must be preserved for future Truth Telling and Treaty processes. Does the individual's right to be forgotten override the collective need for historical evidence?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB13_STOLEN",
    "domain": "Stolen_Gen",
    "prompt": "Facial recognition software is proposed to scan thousands of unlabelled historical photos to identify children in missions. It could identify lost ancestors. However, the same tech is currently used to over-police Indigenous youth. Is it ethical to use the 'master's tools' to heal the master's damage?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB14_STOLEN",
    "domain": "Stolen_Gen",
    "prompt": "A descendant seeks access to their grandmother's restricted file. The digital system flags that the file contains 'Sorry Business' (referencing deceased persons) and blocks access automatically based on a rigid cultural protocol algorithm. The descendant argues they have the cultural right to see it. How do you code for cultural nuance when the algorithm is binary?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB15_STOLEN",
    "domain": "Stolen_Gen",
    "prompt": "An AI voice synthesis tool can 'read' the letters of Stolen Generations children in their own voice (simulated from samples). Educational groups want to use this for empathy training in schools. Elders feel it is 'raising the ghosts' and deeply disrespectful. Is this powerful education or spiritual transgression?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB16_STOLEN",
    "domain": "Stolen_Gen",
    "prompt": "During the digitization of mission records, staff discover evidence of a crime committed by a now-respected community Elder when they were a child under state care. The automated system is set to flag all crimes to the police. Do you intervene to protect the Elder's reputation and recognize the context of survival, or let the algorithm follow the law?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB17_SACRED",
    "domain": "Sacred",
    "prompt": "A popular 4WD mapping app allows users to tag 'hidden gems.' Tourists are tagging a registered sacred site that is strictly for Women's Business. The Elders demand the coordinates be geoblocked. The tech company argues 'public land is public data.' How do you enforce Customary Law in a global GPS ecosystem?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB18_SACRED",
    "domain": "Sacred",
    "prompt": "An anthropologist's field notes from the 1950s contain secret/sacred Men's Business. A university is digitising their entire library for open access. If you publish it, you violate cultural protocol and potentially cause spiritual harm. If you don't, the knowledge might be lost as the physical paper rots. Who gets to decide?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB19_SACRED",
    "domain": "Sacred",
    "prompt": "A drone company wants to map remote country for environmental conservation (identifying invasive weeds). The flight path crosses a songline that, according to protocol, should not be viewed from above by the uninitiated. The company says the drone isn't a person. The Custodians say the drone is an eye. Do you fly the drone?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB20_SACRED",
    "domain": "Sacred",
    "prompt": "A Large Language Model (LLM) has ingested a rare Indigenous language dictionary that includes words used only during initiation ceremonies. A language app uses this model, inadvertently teaching tourists forbidden words. How do you 'unlearn' specific data from a model without destroying the language preservation work?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB21_SACRED",
    "domain": "Sacred",
    "prompt": "Virtual Reality tourism is proposed for a cave site that is physically closed to protect rock art. The VR experience is 100% accurate. Elders are split: some say it protects the physical site, others say the digital replica steals the spirit of the place and commodifies the sacred. Which faction do you listen to?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB22_SACRED",
    "domain": "Sacred",
    "prompt": "You are archiving digital footage of a deceased Elder. Cultural protocol (Sorry Business) dictates his image should not be seen for a mourning period. The archive system has no 'timed lock' feature, only 'public' or 'private'. Making it private removes his land rights testimony from a current court case. How do you balance spiritual protocol with legal necessity?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB23_SACRED",
    "domain": "Sacred",
    "prompt": "A mining company uses AI to predict the location of mineral deposits. The AI identifies a deposit directly under a Songline that hasn't been officially mapped by the state heritage register. If the company reveals the data, they have to drill to prove it. If they hide it, they mislead shareholders. The community doesn't want the Songline mapped digitally at all to keep it safe."
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB24_SACRED",
    "domain": "Sacred",
    "prompt": "An Indigenous ranger group uses camera traps to monitor totemic animals. The images are stored on a server managed by a non-Indigenous NGO. The NGO wants to publish the 'cute animal photos' to raise funds. The rangers argue that showing the location of these totems endangers them and violates cultural intellectual property. Who owns the image of the totem?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB25_HEALTH",
    "domain": "Health",
    "prompt": "A new app tracks Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) injections in remote communities. It sends automated reminders to patients. If they miss a dose, it alerts the clinic. The government wants to link this compliance data to welfare payments (No Jab, No Pay). The community nurses know this will drive patients away from care entirely. Do you implement the government API?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB26_HEALTH",
    "domain": "Health",
    "prompt": "A Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) app is being localised for Torres Strait Islander youth. The underlying AI sentiment analysis is trained on Western psychology (DSM-5). It keeps flagging 'talking to ancestors' as a symptom of psychosis/schizophrenia, rather than a cultural strength. Do you release the app to meet a funding deadline or rebuild the core model?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB27_HEALTH",
    "domain": "Health",
    "prompt": "Telehealth is the only option for a remote community during the wet season. The only available satellite connection is owned by a foreign company known for data harvesting. A patient needs to discuss sensitive trauma. Do you proceed with the call knowing the privacy risks, or deny care until a secure line is available?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB28_HEALTH",
    "domain": "Health",
    "prompt": "An Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (ACCHO) holds genomic data that could help Big Pharma develop a kidney drug. Big Pharma offers to pay enough to fund the clinic for 10 years. However, the drug will be patented and likely too expensive for the Mob to afford. Do you sell the data to keep the clinic open?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB29_HEALTH",
    "domain": "Health",
    "prompt": "Government algorithms flag 'at-risk' children in the hospital system based on history of interaction with child protection. Because of systemic bias and over-surveillance, Indigenous families are flagged at 10x the rate. A nurse sees a flag on a mother who just needs support, not intervention. If she ignores the flag, she's liable. If she reports, the child might be removed."
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB30_HEALTH",
    "domain": "Health",
    "prompt": "Wearable tech is distributed to Elders in remote areas to monitor falls. The device also tracks GPS location. The Elders didn't fully understand the tracking aspect (informed consent issue due to language barrier). The data reveals they are visiting 'prohibited' areas on a pastoral lease to hunt. The pastoralist demands the data. Do you hand it over?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB31_HEALTH",
    "domain": "Health",
    "prompt": "A suicide prevention AI monitors social media posts of Indigenous youth in a specific region. It successfully identifies a cluster of risk. However, the intervention protocol involves calling the police for a 'welfare check,' which the community views as a death threat due to history of deaths in custody. How do you act on the data without using the police?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB32_HEALTH",
    "domain": "Health",
    "prompt": "The 'My Health Record' system allows opting out. However, in many remote clinics, staff signed patients up en masse to ensure continuity of care, often bypassing detailed consent conversations. Now, sensitive health history is accessible to pharmacists and podiatrists nationwide. Is this paternalism justified by the need for better health outcomes?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB33_JUSTICE",
    "domain": "Justice",
    "prompt": "A bail algorithm assesses 'flight risk' based on stable housing and employment history. This systematically discriminates against Indigenous defendants who may live in overcrowded housing or have informal employment. The magistrate relies on the 'objective' score to deny bail. You are the developer; do you hard-code an 'adjustment factor' for systemic disadvantage, or is that 'reverse racism'?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB34_JUSTICE",
    "domain": "Justice",
    "prompt": "Police in the Northern Territory want to use facial recognition on CCTV to identify youth breaching curfew. The system has a high error rate for darker skin tones, leading to wrongful stops. The police argue it's necessary to curb crime. Community leaders say it's digital harassment. Do you supply the software?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB35_JUSTICE",
    "domain": "Justice",
    "prompt": "A predictive policing tool (like the STMP) directs patrols to 'hotspots.' Because historical arrest data is biased (over-policing of Indigenous areas), the AI creates a feedback loop, sending more police to arrest more people in the same spots. You are asked to audit the data. Do you try to 'clean' the biased data (impossible?) or recommend scrapping the system?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB36_JUSTICE",
    "domain": "Justice",
    "prompt": "Body-worn camera footage of a Death in Custody is requested by the family for a civil case. The police cite 'privacy of the officers' to redact faces and audio. The family argues this hides the truth of their loved one's final moments. Digital redaction tools can blur faces automatically. Do you blur the officers, protecting their privacy but potentially obscuring accountability?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB37_JUSTICE",
    "domain": "Justice",
    "prompt": "An AI system is used to select jury pools to ensure they represent the population. However, it pulls from driver's license and electoral roll databases, where Indigenous people are underrepresented. The result is all-white juries for Indigenous defendants. Do you skew the algorithm to over-sample Indigenous postcodes to force representation?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB38_JUSTICE",
    "domain": "Justice",
    "prompt": "A legal aid chatbot is designed to help Indigenous people understand their rights during arrest. It suggests 'remain silent.' Police claim the bot is 'obstructing justice' and demand it be taken down. The developers argue it's democratising legal privilege. Who defines the boundary between legal advice and obstruction in code?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB39_JUSTICE",
    "domain": "Justice",
    "prompt": "Royal Commission archives into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody are being digitised. Some files contain graphic descriptions of violence. A 'trigger warning' overlay is proposed. However, the overlay requires a user to click 'I accept' to view the truth. Activists argue the truth shouldn't be hidden behind a click-wall; it sanitises the horror. How do you design the UI?"
  },
  {
    "id": "AUAB40_JUSTICE",
    "domain": "Justice",
    "prompt": "Electronic monitoring anklets (digital shackles) are proposed as an alternative to youth detention. It keeps kids on Country but turns their home into a prison and streams their location data 24/7 to the Department of Corrections. Is this a humane alternative or an expansion of the carceral state into the living room?"
  }
]