1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1234+ words) September 3, 2026 — 5:00am One of the nation’s biggest power companies has paused the rollout of five-storey power poles through suburban Melbourne streets following a fierce community blockade that has opened a fresh front in the fight against the data centre boom. Electricity…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (548+ words) August 25, 2026 — 8:00pm After urging pessimistic business chiefs to talk up Australia’s economy at Tuesday’s Business Council of Australia dinner, Albanese will head a meeting of state leaders seeking buy-in on regulation of artificial intelligence, a faltering gun buyback and fresh moves…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (705+ words) August 25, 2026 — 12:01am The number of Australian data centres in development has doubled since 2025, but their strain on the nation’s power supply is expected to accelerate even further over the next decade. The rapid growth of the artificial intelligence industry has resulted…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1592+ words) August 22, 2026 — 5:00am Gabrielle Boyle resigned from the AFL three days before Microsoft’s AI assistant was switched on throughout the organisation. She had asked whether she could opt out. The AFL told her, in writing, that she could not. “You do not…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (502+ words) August 22, 2026 — 3:36am Labor and the Coalition are nearing bipartisan consensus on AI, aiming to avoid a US-style backlash against data centres ahead of next week’s national cabinet meeting. In a new point of difference with One Nation, the Coalition has extended…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (622+ words) August 20, 2026 — 5:00am The drive to recruit apprentice electricians to help build data centres threatens to slow residential construction in Victoria, the group representing electrical contractors has warned. John Sofarnos, Victorian executive director of the National Electrical and Communications Association, said the…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (39+ words) Data centres will be given fast track approvals if they meet strict new power and water rules. August 17, 2026 — 6:36pm...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1133+ words) August 15, 2026 — 5:00am A lot of the fear – and excitement – around AI is based on an assumption that it will be effective and rapid … like a good painkiller. People scared of mass job losses, for example, assume AI will – quite soon – be…...