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UK’s Andy Burnham rejects call for data centre moratorium
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (380+ words) The news: British prime minister Andy Burnham has rejected a call from a member of his own party to impose a moratorium on AI data centres. Labour MP Ian Lavery asked Burnham to support a moratorium on future data centres…...
Dirt resistant — Capital Brief
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (198+ words) They all deny it. But all political parties have what are known in the trade as dirt units. Dirt unit staff spend their time searching for embarrassing information about political opponents, which they then leak to the media. The ultimate…...
Don’t call it a backlash, AirTrunk’s been building data centres for years
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (235+ words) AirTrunk has been building and operating data centres in Australia for more than a decade. But even it has been caught off guard by the shift in sentiment towards the facilities as a generational AI boom kicks into gear. The…...
To fight mortgage fraud, lenders should be as connected as the criminals
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (227+ words) Give someone a few pieces of a jigsaw puzzle and ask them to describe the picture. They might make an educated guess, but they’re unlikely to get it entirely right. That’s exactly the problem Australia’s financial system faces when dealing…...
State Street’s Australia head Tim Helyar promoted to Asia Pacific lead
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (225+ words) The news: Global financial services firm State Street Corporation has promoted its Australia country head to the head of Asia Pacific. The context: Helyar will be based in Hong Kong to oversee State Street’s regional business strategy and will report…...
Canavan’s comeback plot
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (223+ words) Matt Canavan respects Pauline Hanson. But the Nationals leader, whose party is fighting tooth and nail to counter One Nation’s continuing rise, said the Ipswich firebrand is “a lone ranger” with no record of leading an effective team or delivering…...
Legitimacy test — Capital Brief
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (224+ words) After decades on the fringes, One Nation wants Australians to take it seriously. But yesterday showed the populist party’s road to legitimacy is a bumpy one. Leader Pauline Hanson summoned selected reporters to a chilly parliamentary courtyard to discuss a…...
‘My feed, my way’: PM unveils new social media crackdown — Capital Brief
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (423+ words) The news: Australian social media users would be able to choose whether they want algorithm-recommended content in their feeds under draft legislation aimed at improving online safety. The context: Titled “my feed, my way,” the measure is part of the…...
The forgotten policy making the RBA’s inflation fight harder
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (327+ words) The Reserve Bank has failed to get inflation back to target for five years. But while government spending, two international wars and an economy bolstered by AI-related investment have all been blamed for inflation running too hot, there may be…...
Failure to launch — Capital Brief
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (197+ words) AMSL Aero has tapped boutique advisory Allunga Advisory to sell its drone and aircraft business after an apparently unsuccessful attempt to raise $30 million in a Series B round last year. The NSW-based startup has raised more than $50 million from big…...