Tag: AI Standards

Govt fast-forwards timeline on AI standards regulation

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Albanese government has brought forward its AI regulation agenda by several months, with legislation now expected to be introduced to federal parliament by the end of the year,...

Canberra reveals early thinking on how to capture AI gains

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A public-interest research payment and a compute reservation scheme are among the options being considered by the federal government to capture the economic gains from frontier AI training in...

Greens fire up over data centre energy carve-out

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Greens have lashed a decision to allow some states and territories to power data centres with coal and gas, after national cabinet failed to agree on nationally consistent...

States back AI laws as PM agrees to relax energy rules

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Anthony Albanese has agreed to relax energy rules for data centres in planned national AI laws, allowing states and territories with publicly-owned electricity networks to tap “surplus” fossil fuel...

NSW puts data centres to work on energy transition

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Major data centres will be approved in under three months in NSW if proponents can satisfy new rules designed to accelerate the state’s energy transition while stemming community backlash...

AI and data centre laws fast-tracked for early 2027

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
New laws forcing data centres to underwrite new clean power supplies and not displace housing supplies will be revealed later this year and introduced in early 2027. The expedited...