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Anthony Albanese promises fast-track approvals for datacentres to shore up AI investment

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PM to declare Australia the first country worldwide to bring economic, social, security and environmental issues from AI under single office in major speech Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese says the federal government will introduce faster approval processes for AI projects, including datacentres, across Australia, seeking to shore up investor certainty and maintain community confidence in the rapidly advancing technology. Announcing the creation of a new office of AI to be established within his department in a major speech on Wednesday, the prime…

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