Tag: Anthony Albanese

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...

Charlton says AI standards months in the making

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Assistant technology minister Andrew Charlton says the federal government has been developing a set of mandatory AI standards for at least the last five months, with the groundwork dating...

Hastie seeks bipartisan push on Albo’s national AI effort

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Senior opposition frontbencher Andrew Hastie has flagged Coalition support for federal regulation of artificial intelligence if it helps to secure a domestic technological advantage as the US and China...

Deal or levy: Parliament passes big tech news laws

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Parliament has passed the government’s revamped media bargaining laws, clearing the way for levies on tech platforms that fail to strike deals with Australian news outlets over the use...

Parliament launches far-reaching inquiry into AI

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Federal parliament has launched its broadest inquiry into artificial intelligence to date, ahead of sweeping national reforms to regulate the technology expected from the government next year. The move...

How Australia can add value to its AI build-out

Posted on   |  by Ante Prodan, Jo-An Occhipinti and Roy Green
Like electricity, artificial intelligence is a general-purpose technology. It acquires value from how it is used and applied. It took many decades for electricity to transform our economy and...

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...

The politics of AI is playing catch-up with policy

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
“We cannot become permanently dependent on foreign technology monopolies for the intelligence that powers our economy… Technology doesn’t come with values. So we must assert our values onto it.”...