Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into AI Data Centres in Lutruwita (Tasmania)

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On 5 August 2026, the House of Assembly Standing Committee on Government Administration A resolved to commence an inquiry on the construction and operation of AI Data Centres in Tasmania. This submission outlines:

  • the environmental impacts associated with rapid development of AI data centres in Australia and Lutruwita (Tasmania),
  • the effects of rapid data centre development on the Tasmanian Aboriginal community, and the risk to human rights more broadly, and
  • our recommendations for appropriate regulation of AI data centres in Lutruwita (Tasmania)

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