The Australian Energy Nation Forum 2026: How Australia’s energy mix is changing

The Australian’s Energy Nation forum tackles the big energy policy questions - and we’re setting the scene with chief business correspondent Perry Williams.

We love solar - maybe a bit too much. We’re about to embrace data centres - but can our grid cope? And can we finally talk about nuclear again? Today The Australian’s Energy Nation forum tackles the big energy policy questions - and we’re setting the scene with chief business correspondent Perry Williams.

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AI data centres face green power mandates and location bans near homes and schools

Anthropic signs mega data centre deal in Queensland

AGL tells NSW its electricity network reforms proposed for data centres should reuse existing high-capacity connections

Snowy Hydro sits on contractor cost review for three months amid blowout fears

This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

We love solar - maybe a bit too much. We&rsquo;re about to embrace data centres - but can our grid cope? And can we finally talk about nuclear again? Today The Australian&rsquo;s Energy Nation forum tackles the big energy policy questions - and we&rsquo;re setting the scene with chief business correspondent Perry Williams.
Read more about this story at&nbsp;<a href="http://theaustralian.com.au">theaustralian.com.au</a> and see the video by subscribing to our <a href="https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfDC8EeZJyt1IVjv5bCRbFBkTl-VYpJyf">YouTube channel</a>.
<a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/ai-data-centres-face-green-power-mandates-and-location-bans-near-homes-and-schools/news-story/826b90d2aab9517273e9f8f83ecb8881">AI data centres face green power mandates and location bans near homes and schools</a>
<a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/anthropic-signs-mega-data-centre-deal-in-queensland/news-story/51f18e54b8fa4fd57ca7a54c8c98941b">Anthropic signs mega data centre deal in Queensland</a>
<a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/new-south-wales/agl-tells-nsw-its-electricity-network-reforms-proposed-for-data-centres-should-reuse-existing-highcapacity-connections/news-story/2d6a1564defe2e682fb3f06e013996b0">AGL tells NSW its electricity network reforms proposed for data centres should reuse existing high-capacity connections</a>
<a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/snowy-hydro-sits-on-contractor-cost-review-for-three-months-amid-blowout-fears/news-story/56985540f9f28cdb543d3f126be71512">Snowy Hydro sits on contractor cost review for three months amid blowout fears</a>
This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet and edited by Joshua Burton. Our team includes Lia Tsamoglou, Tiffany Dimmack, and Jasper Leak, who also composed our music.

The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia's national broadsheet to audio, featuring behind-the-scenes insight from our newsrooms.

The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia’s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day’s essential page-one stories, journalists’ candid take on the issues that matter, and behind-the-scenes insights from our newsrooms.

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The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia&rsquo;s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day&rsquo;s essential page-one stories, journalists&rsquo; candid take on the issues that matter, and behind-the-scenes insights from our newsrooms.
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The Front brings the unrivalled journalism of Australia’s national broadsheet to audio, featuring each day’s essential page one stories.

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Our energy grid can’t power AI data centres. Do we need nuclear? 

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