Senate debates

Wednesday, 4 March 2026

Business

Rearrangement

10:43 am

Photo of David PocockDavid Pocock (ACT, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Well, what's Microsoft? I'll take that interjection. I'll take the interjection, quickly, from Senator McAllister. She is very happy for Microsoft, a multinational with some serious data concerns with the Trump administration, to have all of our data and all of our emails, but, when it comes to a sovereign tech AI company based here in Australia, with safeguards, that can do it offline, there are questions raised. That doesn't cut it. It doesn't cut it on transparency, and it doesn't cut it when it comes to how we treat small Australian businesses.

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