Bio

Tom McIlroy is an accomplished journalist currently writing for The Australian Financial Review. Based in Canberra, Australia, he has contributed to publications such as the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and The Canberra Times, specializing in political reporting and analysis.

Articles (17)

• Anthropic will not appear at Senate inquiry into AI and datacentres amid fallout from OpenAI hack

  The Guardian • 28 Sept 2026

• Australia is Run on Legacy Systems That AI Agents Can Easily Exploit, Former UN Cyber Negotiator Warns

  The Guardian • 28 Sept 2026

• It’s going to take more than an email to a public inbox to protect Australians from potential AI doom

  The Guardian • 25 Sept 2026

• Canberra ‘Put on Notice’ as AI-Generated Submissions Bring False Information into Parliamentary Inquiries

  The Guardian • 3 Sept 2026

• Albanese Backs Down on States Powering AI Datacentres Using Renewable Energy

  The Guardian • 26 Aug 2026

• Albanese Seeks to Quell Datacentre Disquiet as Climate Expert Warns ‘We’ve Got One Shot to Get the Rules Right’

  The Guardian • 25 Aug 2026

• Can the government really get ahead of the curve on AI? – Australian Politics podcast

  The Guardian • 7 Aug 2026

• Government Use of Automated AI Decision-Making to be Curbed Under New Australian Rules

  The Guardian • 19 July 2026

• Albanese’s AI plan is admirable – but will face tech giants more powerful than most national governments

  The Guardian • 16 July 2026

• ‘Not up for grabs’: Albanese establishes AI office and vows to protect Australian creatives from copyright ‘theft’

  The Guardian • 15 July 2026

• Anthony Albanese Promises Fast-Track Approvals for Datacentres to Shore up AI Investment

  The Guardian • 14 July 2026

• Albanese to Compare Pivotal Moment in AI to Renewable Energy Transition as He Outlines Approach

  The Guardian • 13 July 2026

• Creatives Sound Alarm on Copyright as Pocock Calls $50bn Datacentre Proposal ‘Ultimate Dirty Deal’

  The Guardian • 1 July 2026

• Australia ‘sleepwalking’ into AI crisis and ‘tech bro free-for-all’, says Greens senator

  The Guardian • 23 June 2026

• Andrew Hastie Compares AI to Cold War Nuclear Arms Race and Warns Australia May Fall Behind

  The Guardian • 15 June 2026

• Will Albanese find fuel security in Singapore? – Full Story podcast

  The Guardian • 8 Apr 2026

• DeepSeek AI: Ex-Spook Claims Security Concerns Are Overblown

  The Australian Financial Review • 29 Jan 2025