James Thompson

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987 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 18 Aug

James Thompson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Money Café with Alan Kohler · AI, AGMs, and Overworked Directors · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

And, look, I think it's always a conversation in the lead-up to AGMs, and I'm sure you'll be asking plenty of pointed questions when the season rolls around.

I think so, yeah.

It's fascinating that the government's sticking with this.

Like, you can understand what they're trying to do in the property market.

I think there's some unintended consequences with the 30% tax on non-property assets.

I'm surprised there hasn't been a back down, but here we are.

And I think Kobe's right.

I'm not...

I'm not entirely sure that this taxes is where we want to go, is it, Stephen?

Yeah, no, good call, good call.

Lee from Brisbane says, love the podcast.

Here's my question.

The federal government seems determined to make Australia a home for the next wave of AI data centres with faster approvals and promises that operators will cover their own power and grid costs.

But even if they pay their own way, what do we actually get?

Most of the gear is imported, they employ relatively few people once built, and much of the profit's likely to end up offshore.

If the economics of generative AI never catch up with the spending...

Are we giving up land, water and power for a construction boom that Australia... that leaves Australia with very little once it's over?

So I think Lee has articulated this question really well.

And actually, Anthony Albanese sort of asked this question last week in his big AI speech.

He said, we don't want this to be a construction boom and that's it.

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