{
  "id": 165868,
  "title": "Chris Bowen vows to override Queensland and NT to force renewables-powered AI datacentres",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/chris-bowen-vows-to-override-queensland-and-nt-to-force-renewables",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-05T08:09:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/05/chris-bowen-vows-to-override-queensland-and-nt-to-force-renewables-powered-ai-datacentres"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Energy minister says Australian households and energy reliability will be protected by new federal legislation Energy minister Chris Bowen says the federal government will override state governments that oppose new national rules on datacentres, with commonwealth legislation forcing new AI datacentres to be powered by renewable energy and banning those fuelled by gas. Bowen said he expected his…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}