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This parliamentary petition advocates for the strategic integration of fusion energy research and implementation into Australia's national AI and digital infrastructure policies. The proposal highlights the extreme energy demands of frontier AI data centres and suggests that clean, high-output fusion power is necessary to sustain long-term technological growth. While primarily focused on energy logistics, the petition reflects growing domestic pressure to address the physical externalities and resource constraints associated with large-scale AI deployment. Such infrastructure considerations are increasingly relevant to Australian sovereign capability and the sustainable governance of frontier AI systems.

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