Amazon paid Labor $33,000 eight days before $2bn top-secret datacentre deal

Amazon disclosed a $33,000 payment to federal Labor on 26 June, eight days before the Albanese government announced a $2 billion deal with AWS to build three top-secret datacentres for intelligence information. AEC filings show another $33,000 followed less than six weeks later. Timing is not proof of a deal, but expect questions.