The AI boom has led to data centres popping up all over Australia, and they have an insatiable thirst for water and electricity.Some experts are concerned that guardrails need to be put in place urgently to ensure the companies behind the data centres don’t have unfettered access to the nation’s electricity and water supplies.A coalition of industry groups, unions, community organisations and environmental groups has put forward a proposal that would see future data centres forced to adhere to a set of principles.They include the centres sourcing their own renewable energy, using water “responsibly” and operating with "transparency".The proposal, written by Carbon Zero Initiative’s Alexander Hoysted, is now on the desks of two government ministers. Hoysted gives the National Account’s Archie Milligan the lowdown on what could happen if these data centres are built without proper oversight.Follow The National Account:https://www.instagram.com/thenationalaccounthttps://www.tiktok.com/@thenationalaccount

The National Account’s Archie Milligan sits down with Australian comedy trio Mates Rates, who have taken over social media feeds over the last few years with their skits about everything from South African rugby coaches to federal elections.The boys talk about how they started, where they get their ideas from and what some of their career highlights have been so far.Follow The National Account:https://www.instagram.com/thenationalaccounthttps://www.tiktok.com/@thenationalaccountFollow Mates Rates:https://www.instagram.com/matesratesinsta/https://www.tiktok.com/@mates.rateshttps://www.youtube.com/@mates.ratesYT

Trees across Sydney's Upper North Shore are vanishing, and it’s not just illegal poisonings that are seeing the green canopy in decline.The North Shore Lorikeet’s Huw Bradshaw explains to Archie Milligan how local and state planning loopholes, as well as an unregulated arboriculture industry, are felling our suburbs.Read more here: https://www.northshorelorikeet.com.au/p/developers-are-arborist-shopping-so-they-can-get-on-with-tree-chopping