Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Pocock, I'm not sure I agree with any of that proposition. We've been very clear in both our national artificial intelligence plan and the data centre expectations. The approach of the Australian government is that it is in the interest of Australians that we secure as much as possible of that investment not just in digital infrastructure but in the tech economy more broadly in Australia so we have agency, control, good jobs and a stronger, more secure Australia for the future, but we want to make sure that data centre development delivers for Australian jobs, Australian skills, Australian communities and that the national interest always comes first. That is what our framework is all about. It is in the Australian national interest and in the interest of Australians.