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InnovationAus Podcast
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InnovationAus is an independent publication that reports on government policy as it affects technology-based innovation across the nation’s growth industries. From mining and agriculture to financial services, MedTech, cyber security and advanced manufacturing, the journalism focuses on the opportunities that align with Australia’s strategic priorities and connects government, institutional researchers, investors, entrepreneurs and the mainstream business community.
Episodes
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Sara Goldworthy’s ‘single pane view’ of secure government communications
Sara Goldsworthy is the founder/CEO of Corro, a highly secure, single-pane view communications platform for governments and large enterprises. Corro's mission is to fix fragmented messaging platforms, while maintaining bombproof security. As a former senior public servant who worked across the...
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NewsWrap: Friday 23 October - Semiconductors, AI egos and the march of the data centres
A National Semiconductor Roadmap was rolled out this week in Sydney at the industry's annual conference - Justin Hendry was there and provides some insight into this landmark document. Also, what did AI expert Toby Walsh say at the joint select committee that got members cranky?
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UndaTech CEO and co-founder Emily Pyke on defence technology and entrepreneurialism
UnderTech co-founder and chief executive Emily Pyke is a former Navy electronic warfare petty officer, a startup entrepreneur and in 2025 was named the Prime Minister’s Veteran Entrepreneur of the Year. In this episode, James Riley about what it like to be an Australian dual-use startup selling...
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ARIA chief Annabelle Herd on AI, copyright and the music industry's existential fight for the future
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) CEO Annabelle Herd says the creative industries are in the fight of their lives against AI companies seeking to up-end local copyright protections. It's a David versus Goliath fight, and the rest of the world is watching.
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NewsWrap: Friday 16 October - AI's carefully constructed social licence campaign under threat
An unusual letter from the Joint Select Committee on AI to the Prime Minister with interim recommendations, complete with Track Changes indicating the depth of input from the PM's office, was all it took to put a carefully constructed campaign to 'earn' social licence onto shaky ground.
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NewsWrap: Friday 9 October - Battle lines are drawn in a full week of AI hearings
With four straight days of hearings this week of the Joint Select Committee on AI, the difficulties facing decision makers have become more apparent. How these complexities will be resolved (especially on copyright) is not clear. InnovationAus editor Justin Hendry and James Riley step through the...
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NewsWrap: Friday 2 October 2026 - Mandatory AI guardrails gather momentum
Former Industry minister Ed Husic says his work on AI safety in the first term of the Albanese government has been 'validated'. He says the work done two years ago on regulation should be picked up again. InnovationAus.com editor Justin Hendry tracks the guardrail timeline.
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Powering What's Next - Energy storage, from backup to backbone
Welcome to the latest episode of Powering What’s Next, brought to you by GE Vernova, where we explore the technologies, infrastructure and partnerships shaping Australia’s energy transition and what it will take to build a more reliable, affordable and sustainable energy future. In this episode,...
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Michelle Ananda-Rajah on big tech and a digital duty of care
In this episode of the Commercial Disco podcast, Victorian Senator Michelle Ananda-Rajah argues the case for regulation of social media and the AI sector. She tells James Riley that regulation is not at odds with technology - and does not stifle innovation as some opponents claim.
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Trellis Data's Michael Gately on sovereign AI and selling to govt
In this episode of the Commercial Disco, Michael Gately, the co-founder and CEO at Canberra-based AI and machine learning startup Trellis Data discusses the company's Australian sovereign AI known as Agentaus, and what the future looks like for AI in this country.
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NewsWrap: Friday 25 September - Albanese, OpenAI and a breach of trust
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had a lot to say at the United Nations General Assembly this week about artificial intelligence. But the showstopper was his revelation that OpenAI agents had breached a Medicare statistics website - a shocking breach of trust - and the company's tardy and…
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The blurring of tech jobs in an AI world: Andrew Giles, federal Minister for Skills and Training
Targets related to growing the number of tech jobs across the economy become less meaningful as the roll out of AI changes workplace roles, the Minister for Skills and Training Andrew Giles says. In this episode of the Commercial Disco, Mr Giles discusses the impact of AI on jobs.
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Hydrogen reignites as tech hits milestones: Rux Energy founder and CEO Jehan Kanga
In this episode of the Commercial Disco podcast, Rux Energy founder and CEO Jehan Kanga discusses the 10x improvements in hydrogen transport and storage technologies, and the future of hydrogen in the global green energy mix.
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NewsWrap: Friday 18 September - PMs AI policy sprint gets underway
A big week for the Prime Minister's National AI Standards with the first hearings of the Joint Select Committee on AI. InnovationAus editor Justin Hendry and James Riley discuss the progress.
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Resilience Through Capability: Rear Admiral (retired) Lee Goddard, non-executive director Austal, Droneshield, Saronic Technologies
Deteriorating geopolitical circumstances has driven increased activity within the commercial innovation ecosystem on DefenceTech and dual-use technology - including more active participation of traditional VC firms. In this episode of Resilience Through Capability podcast, retired Rear Admiral…
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NewsWrap: Friday 11 September - Kevin Rudd's radical plan for national security, economic resilience
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says Australia has become 'The Complacent Country' with Donald Horne's 'Lucky Country' tag now well past its use by date. The episode discusses Mr Rudd's industry policy proposals outlined in a speech this week to the National Press Club.
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Delivery: A GovTech Podcast: AI in cultural institutions - National Gallery CIO Jade Carson
In this episode of Delivery: A GovTech Podcast, National Gallery of Australia chief information officer discusses the role artificial intelligence within cultural institutions, and the guardrails put around its use to support human creativity.
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Resilience through Capability - TechnologyOne’s head of security and compliance, Chris Polkinghorne
In this episode of Resilience through Capability, TechnologyOne’s head of security and compliance, Chris Polkinghorne, talks with InnovationAus.com publisher Corrie McLeod about why digital sovereignty is about far more than where data is stored. They explore the growing complexity of cloud, AI…
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NewsWrap: Friday 4 September 2026 - Missing the tech jobs target by removing the target?
The Department of Industry, Science and Resources hoisted a white flag this week, surrendering its target of growing the number of technology jobs in Australia to 1.3 million by 2030. There is a lot of background to this story - as InnovationAus editor Justin Hendry explains.
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Resilience through Capability - ResetData co-founder and co-CEO Marcel Zalloua
Welcome to the first episode of Resilience through Capability, an InnovationAus.com series exploring how Australia can build the industrial and technological capabilities needed to strengthen our economic and national resilience. In this episode, we turn to one of the defining technologies of the...
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The Commercial Disco: Australia's Chief Defence Scientist, Professor Tanya Monro
Anyone at the Australian Defence Science, Technology and Research (ADSTAR) summit in Adelaide last month will have recognised an increased sense of urgency attached to defence tech development efforts. Australia's Chief Defence Scientist Tanya Monro discusses Defence priorities, and emerging...
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Big data, national security and cognitive performance: Dr Miah Hammond-Errey, CEO, Strat Futures
In this episode of the Commercial Disco podcast, national intelligence community veteran Dr Miah Hammond-Errey discusses cognitive performance and resilience optimisation - and the technology platform her startup Strat Futures has built to get the best out of high-performing teams.
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NewsWrap: Friday 28 August 2026 - National Cabinet data centre energy imbroglio
The Prime Minister relaxed energy rules for data centres in a compromise to get Queensland and the Northern Territory on board. But within days, miscommunication resulted in a good old-fashioned federal-versus-state stoush getting underway. Justin Hendry and James Riley discuss.
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Delivery: A GovTech Podcast - Hamish Hansford, Head of National Security, Department of Home Affairs
In this episode of Delivery: A GovTech Podcast, the Home Affairs department's Head of National Security Hamish Hansford discusses the importance of technology access and control in the age of AI, and how his department is building stronger relationships with US tech giants.
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Our universities' outsized role in innovation - UNSW vice-chancellor Attila Brungs
Australian universities play an outsized role in the local innovation system compared to international peer economies and should attract a larger portion of system funding, UNSW vice-chancellor Attila Brungs says. In this episode of the Commercial Disco podcast, Professor Brungs talks to...
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NewsWrap: Friday 21 August 2026 - Andrew Charlton on leveraging data centres to build AI
In a speech that put meat on the bones of government ambitions for Australia to become AI makers rather than takers, Assistant Minister for the Digital Economy Dr Andrew Charlton last week outlined how investment in data centres can be leveraged to capture more of the value on offer in the AI...
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Powering What's Next - Where data centres, demand and decarbonisation collide
Welcome to the latest episode of Powering What’s Next, brought to you by GE Vernova, where we explore the technologies, infrastructure and partnerships shaping Australia’s energy transition and what it will take to build a more reliable, affordable and sustainable energy future. In this episode,...
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NewsWrap Friday 14 August - Malinauskas takes the wheel on AI
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas' plan for a Royal Commission into AI puts him at the head of a national conversation about jobs, skills and social licence in Australia's response to artificial intelligence. InnovationAus editor Justin Hendry joins James Riley for a closer look.
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The gravity of national challenges: Dr Larry Marshall, ANU Chancellor and Fortescue director
In this episode of the Commercial Disco, ANU interim Chancellor Larry Marshall says entrepreneurial market vision can be a powerful force in aligning the resources of a national innovation ecosystem. He discusses the challenges of the Australian innovation system with InnovationAus publisher…
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NewsWrap Friday 7 August 2026: The fight over industry direction heats up
The Strategic Examination of R&D (SERD) report was handed to the minister last December. There is a growing intensity to the debate about the direction the government should take on industry policy. InnovationAus.com editor Justin Hendry takes a deep dive.
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AI and productivity: Roy Green on building economic resilience and industrial capacity
Professor Roy Green is a special advisor on innovation at the University of Technology Sydney and a director at CSIRO. He is also an expert on innovation systems, and the policies that drive their success. In this episode of the Commercial Disco, Professor Green talks with optimism about building...
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Powering What's Next - Net Zero: The fine print
Welcome to the first episode of Powering What’s Next, brought to you by GE Vernova, where we'll explore the technologies, policies and partnerships shaping Australia's energy transition and what it will take to build a more reliable, affordable and sustainable energy future. In this episode…
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Growth capital for local SMEs - Anthony Healy, CEO, Australian Business Growth Fund
The $540 million Australian Business Growth Fund was set up under the former Coalition government in Canberra in 2020. In this episode of the Commercial Disco podcast, James Riley talks to ABGF chief Anthony Healy about the funding gap he is trying to fill. And for local companies with a solid...
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NewsWrap - Friday 31 July 2026: CSIRO chief Doug Hilton on science for industry
It was a big week for Australia's national science agency CSIRO as chief executive Doug Hilton delivered his first address to the National Press Club, outlining an ongoing restructure that aims to sharpen the institution's science focus on industry. James Riley and Justin Hendry read the tealeaves.
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NewsWrap - Friday 24 July 2026: Labor conference debates AI future
InnovationAus editor Justin Hendry and senior reporter Joseph Brookes read the tea leaves on AI policy at the Labor national conference in Adelaide, discuss a revamp of a flagship federal startup program, and highlight a recasting of Australian Research Council grants.
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Overcoming deep tech's 'missing middle': Liza Noonan, CEO, Cicada Innovations
In this episode of the Commercial Disco podcast, Cicada Innovations chief executive Liza Noonan says governments have a giant role to play as potential 'first customers' for innovative Australian deep tech companies.
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Partial Zero Trust is no longer good enough - Sean MacKirdy, Elastic
Australia’s cyber security challenge has moved past the question of whether to adopt Zero Trust. The real test is now whether it actually works. In this episode of Commercial Disco(very), InnovationAus.com publisher Corrie McLeod sits down with Elastic’s area vice president of national security...
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The missing link in Australia's electric freight transition
Australia wants electric trucks on its highway, but where do they charge? In this episode of Commercial Disco(very), eLumina chief executive Lisa Marsh explains why charging infrastructure, not vehicle technology, is the real barrier to freight electrification.
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NewsWrap - Friday 17 July 2026: PM misses the mark on local AI
A highly anticipated speech by the Prime Minister this week reset Australia's AI policy. But it lacked key details and any mention of how local startups and researchers will benefit. InnovationAus editor Justin Hendry was in the room and unpacks the detail, plus how the sector reacted.
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National AI Centre Executive Director Lee Hickin: Productivity, safety and AI in Australia
National AI Centre executive director Lee Hickin spent a career in some of the largest tech companies in the world, from Microsoft to Amazon Web Services. He is now at the helm of a nationwide effort to drive the planning and adoption of AI across the economy. In this episode of the Commercial...
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NewsWrap - Friday 10 July 2026: Crunch-time for data centre, AI and copyright policy
Some of the most consequential policy decisions of the Albanese government's current term are expected to be announced in the coming weeks, on data centres, AI and copyright. In this episode of NewsWrap, InnovationAus editor Justin Hendry looks at the policy development process, and unpacks some...
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NewsWrap: Friday July 3 - Pat Conroy signs off new Defence Industry Strategy
Australia's Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy delivered a new Defence industry development strategy (DIDS) to a packed house at the National Press Club this week. There were few surprises, with a focus on the minister's ongoing procurement reform. InnovationAus editor Justin Hendry unpacks...
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Delivery: A GovTech Podcast - National Cyber Security Coordinator Lt-General Michelle McGuinness
A 32-year veteran of the Australian Army, Lieutenant-General Michelle McGuinness CSC is Australia's National Cyber Security Coodinator, working as a senior uniformed officer inside the civilian Department of Home Affairs. In this episode of Delivery, she discusses how the tech industry…
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Bradfield’s ‘clean sheet’ chance to build Australia’s next industries: BDA chief executive Ken Morrison & BDA board member Dr Cathy Foley
In this episode of the Commercial Disco podcast, InnovationAus.com publisher Corrie McLeod talks to Bradfield Development Authority chief executive Ken Morrison and a BDA board member Dr Cathy Foley about how Bradfield City is being built to help Australia turn world-class research into globally...
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NewsWrap: Friday 26 June 2026 - AI copyright stoush is now in the Red Zone
In this episode of NewsWrap, InnovationAus editor Justin Hendry digs into the looming policy showdown on AI copyright. The issue has been the subject of blushingly large lobbying campaigns in Canberra, with the policy debate happening largely behind closed doors. The PM says major announcements…
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'Data rich, intelligence poor': The challenge facing govt - Anna Mascarello, Elastic
Australia's public sector has no shortage of data. The problem is turning it into actionable intelligence. Elastic's A/NZ regional vice president of public sector and education Anna Mascarello steps through the challenge with InnovationAus.com publisher Corrie McLeod on the Commercial Disco(very)...
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Delivery: A GovTech Podcast - Australian Federal Police chief technology officer Krissie Auld
Australian Federal Police chief technology officer Krissie Auld began her career as an environmental researcher studying water birds, an unusual starting point for a leader charged with operating cutting edge infrastructure for a key national security agency. In this episode, Ms Auld talks…
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NewsWrap – Friday 19 June: Pauline Hanson fills void on AI job displacement
In a big week for tech news, James Riley and Justin Hendry talk through Pauline Hanson's populist grab for AI job displacement unhappiness, the CGT changes and the Trump administration's Anthropic export control bombshell.
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Delivery: A GovTech Podcast - Digital Canberra acting CEO Bettina Konti
In this episode of Delivery, Digital Canberra deputy director-general Bettina Konti talks through the task of consolidating a fragmented government technology environment into a whole-of-government digital capability.
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NewsWrap - Friday 12 June: Data Centre expectations lift-off
In this weekly review of technology and innovation policy news, Senior Reporter Joseph Brookes discusses landmark speeches from Industry minister Tim Ayres and assistant minister for the Digital Economy Andrew Charlton on the federal government's data centre expectations. James Riley talks...
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InnovationAus is an independent publication that reports on government policy as it affects technology-based innovation across the nation’s growth industries. From mining and agriculture to financial services, MedTech, cyber security and advanced manufacturing, the journalism focuses on the opportunities that align with Australia’s strategic priorities and connects government, institutional researchers, investors, entrepreneurs and the mainstream business community.
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