Scott Farquhar has read 104 national AI plans from around the world. Australia is not among them, because we don’t have one.
Speaking at the Tech Council of Australia’s National Tech Summit in Sydney, Farquhar, who chairs the organisation, reinforced his push for Australia to become Southeast Asia’s data centre hub.
In front of a tech-friendly audience, he explained how he arrived at some of his thinking around “digital embassies” — foreign data centres operating on Australian soil under the laws of their home country.
Just weeks ago, Farquhar’s calls to gut copyright protections sparked fierce criticism from legal experts, the media and creatives, and the broader Australian public. That backlash followed an appearance at the National Press Club and an interview on the ABC’s 7.30.
