Jul 16, 2026 – 8.00pmLabor is under pressure to specify apprenticeship ratios for data centre construction under the Albanese government’s new national standards on artificial intelligence.Unions will use Labor’s 50th national conference next week to rally rank-and-file support for including apprenticeship ratios in legislation that will bring into law existing non-binding expectations on data centre operators that the government published in March.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles