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InnovationAus Podcast — 136 episodes

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NewsWrap - Friday 24 July 2026: Labor conference debates AI future

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Overcoming deep tech's 'missing middle': Liza Noonan, CEO, Cicada Innovations

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Partial Zero Trust is no longer good enough - Sean MacKirdy, Elastic

4

The missing link in Australia's electric freight transition

5

NewsWrap - Friday 17 July 2026: PM misses the mark on local AI

6

National AI Centre Executive Director Lee Hickin: Productivity, safety and AI in Australia

7

NewsWrap - Friday 10 July 2026: Crunch-time for data centre, AI and copyright policy

8

NewsWrap: Friday July 3 - Pat Conroy signs off new Defence Industry Strategy

9

Delivery: A GovTech Podcast - National Cyber Security Coordinator Lt-General Michelle McGuinness

10

Bradfield’s ‘clean sheet’ chance to build Australia’s next industries: BDA chief executive Ken Morrison & BDA board member Dr Cathy Foley

11

NewsWrap: Friday 26 June 2026 - AI copyright stoush is now in the Red Zone

12

'Data rich, intelligence poor': The challenge facing govt - Anna Mascarello, Elastic

13

Delivery: A GovTech Podcast - Australian Federal Police chief technology officer Krissie Auld

14

NewsWrap – Friday 19 June: Pauline Hanson fills void on AI job displacement

15

Delivery: A GovTech Podcast - Digital Canberra acting CEO Bettina Konti

16

NewsWrap - Friday 12 June: Data Centre expectations lift-off

17

Ukraine as a centre for DefenceTech innovation: Author and analyst Major-General (retired) Mick Ryan

18

NewsWrap - Friday 5 June: Senate Estimate heats up

19

Kim Carr: A long march to industry rejuvenation

20

NewsWrap - Friday 29 May 2026: Husic saddles up

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Delivery: A GovTech Podcast - Brendan Dowling, Deputy Secretary, Department of Home Affairs

22

Sovereign drone production with SYPAQ Systems CEO Amanda Holt

23

NewsWrap - Friday 22 May 2026

24

DELIVERY: A GovTech Podcast - Matthew White, Thales Vice-President, Cybersecurity for the Asia-Pacific and Japan

25

Independent MP Allegra Spender on CGT and innovation

26

The wild ride of Q-CTRL and Ironstone Opal - Michael Biercuk, CEO, Q-CTRL

27

NewsWrap - Friday 15 May 2026: CGT changes reaction

28

News Wrap Budget Special 2026

29

NewsWrap - Friday 8 May 2026: AI rules and a CGT revolt

30

AI and foundational trust systems: DigiCert Chief Trust Officer Lakshmi Hanspal

31

DELIVERY: A GovTech Podcast - Jordan Hatch, General Manager Digital Platforms, Services Australia

32

NewsWrap - Friday 1 May 2026: PsiQuantum's slow start in Brisbane

33

The real transformation challenge isn’t AI - Dr Joseph Sweeney, Advisor, Future of Work, IBRS

34

DELIVERY: A GovTech Podcast - Mike Webb, CIO, Department of Parliamentary Services

35

Australian innovation must get procurement rewards - Prof Ian Meredith, Australian MedTech Manufacturing Alliance

36

Ready for a technology refresh - Pawsey Supercomputer Centre CEO Mark Stickells

37

NewsWrap - Friday 17 April 2026: Defence Strategy

38

Building a Cyber Civilian Reserve - Kersti Eesmaa, Chief Operating Officer, Vertical Scope Group

39

DELIVERY: A GovTech Podcast - Chris Fechner, CEO, Digital Transformation Agency

40

NewsWrap - Friday 10 April 2026: Artemis echoes Apollo 8

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DELIVERY: A GovTech Podcast - Kate Parr, Civil Digital Modernisation, Leidos Australia

42

RNA manufacturing capability drive with RNA Australia's CEO Paul McDonald

43

Delivery: A GovTech Podcast - Charles McHardie, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Services Australia

44

Dr Cathy Foley on the need for a National Semiconductor Roadmap

45

Delivery: A GovTech Podcast - Paul Hubbard, Chief AI Officer, Department of Finance

46

Ukraine battlefield data and the Aussie startup: Rhys Kissell, CEO, Panop

47

NewsWrap Friday - Friday 27 March 2026 - Data centre expectations

48

Mandy Andress, CISO, Elastic

49

SERD Review recommendations unpicked - Science and Technology Australia CEO Ryan Winn

50

NewsWrap - Friday 20 March 2026 - The SERD report

51

Energy, climate and the pivot to nuclear - Zion Lights

52

Trust and technology in digital government: Leigh Segall, CEO, Smart Communications

53

NewsWrap [LIVE] - Friday 13 March 2026

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Data centre demand calls for nuclear option: Aaron Violi, shadow minister for Science, Technology and Innovation

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NewsWrap: Friday 6 March 2026

56

Can Australia meet its AI moment? Toby Walsh podcast

57

NewsWrap Friday 27 February 2025

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NewsWrap Friday 20 February 2025

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High energy lessons from Virginia's data centre alley - Victor Hoskins podcast

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NewsWrap Friday 13 February 2026

61

Australia can lead on low-carbon concrete – if we act now

62

Rozetta Institute chief executive Paul Dalby

63

AI journalist and author Jacob Ward

64

NewsWrap - Year in Review December 2025

65

National Reconstruction Fund chief executive officer David Gall

66

NewsWrap Friday 12 December 2025

67

SAP vice president for global public sector Ryan van Leent

68

Chris Crozier, chief information officer, Department of Defence

69

NewsWrap Friday 5 December 2025

70

Tony Haymet, Chief Scientist

71

Rebekah Cassidy, chief executive AusBiotech

72

NewsWrap Friday 21 November 2025

73

NewsWrap Friday 14 November 2025

74

DIGI managing director Sunita Bose

75

NewsWrap Friday 7 November 2025

76

Minh Hoang, youth innovation ambassador, eSafety Commissioner’s Advisory Council

77

NewsWrap Friday 31 October 2025

78

NewsWrap Friday 24 October 2025

79

Paul Myler, founder and chief executive, StratQ

80

NewsWrap Friday 17 October 2025

81

NewsWrap Friday 10 October 2025

82

NewsWrap Friday 3 October 2025

83

SeeMePlease founder Katie McDermott

84

NewsWrap Friday 26 September 2025

85

China tech policy expert Phillippa Jones

86

Dawn Massa-Stancavish, CEO of US-based Massa Products Corporation

87

NewsWrap Friday 19 September 2025

88

Dr Andrew Charlton, Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy

89

Michael Harmer, Head of Innovation, GBG

90

Vasyl Myroshnychenko, Ukrainian Ambassador to Australia

91

Johanna Weaver, Tech Policy Design Institute co-founder and CEO

92

NewsWrap Friday 12 September 2025

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NewsWrap Friday 5 September 2025

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NewsWrap Friday 29 August 2025

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Building a workforce ready for the future

96

Dr Stephen King - Commissioner, Productivity Commission

97

News Wrap Friday 22 August 2025

98

NewsWrap Friday 15 August 2025

99

Catherine Livingstone, Chancellor University of Technology Sydney and Co-Patron InnovationAus Awards 2025

100

Professor Tanya Monro, Chief Defence Scientist and InnovationAus Awards Co-Patron

101

NewsWrap Friday 8 August 2025

102

Identity is the new perimeter: CyberArk’s Derek Moir on securing the public sector

103

Eris TestFlight 1 mission interview: Adam Gilmour, CEO Gilmour Space Technologies

104

News Wrap: Friday 1 August 2025

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Dr Daniel Rossetto, global environmental finance expert and adjunct professor at the University of Adelaide

106

Luke Coleman, chief executive, Australian Telecommunications Alliance

107

News Wrap: Friday 25 July 2025

108

News Wrap: Friday 18 July 2025

109

News Wrap: Friday 11 July 2025

110

Rupert Taylor-Price, Founder and CEO, Vault Cloud

111

News Wrap: Friday 4 July 2025

112

DigiCert chief executive Dr Amit Sinha on a post-quantum cryptography world

113

Luli Adeyemo, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer at Tendertrace

114

James Alexander, Co-Founder and Partner at Galileo Ventures

115

News Wrap: Friday 27 June 2025

116

PEXA chief technology officer Eglantine Etiemble

117

Aeolus Labs co-founder and chief executive Koki Mashita

118

Cicada Innovations chief executive, Sally Ann Williams

119

Australian Computer Society Chief Executive Officer Josh Griggs

120

ACTU Assistant Secretary Joseph Mitchell on AI in the workplace

121

News Wrap:- Friday 20 June 2025

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CSIRO Chief Executive Officer Doug Hilton

123

News Wrap: Friday 13 June 2025

124

Senator Tim Ayres, Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science

125

News Wrap: Friday 6 June 2025

126

NSW Senator Dave Sharma, the Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities, and Treasury

127

Infosys global CTO Rafee Tarafdar

128

News Wrap: Friday 30 May 2025

129

News Wrap: Friday 23 May 2025

130

Navigating global instability: technology’s role in geopolitical risks

131

David Elliot, chief executive of Agile Digital

132

David Elliot, Chief Executive Officer, Agile Digital

133

Launch update: Adam Gilmour on the scrubbed missions

134

News Wrap: Tuesday 13 May 2025

135

Securing AI. Ep3: GenAI in mainstream Australian business

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Securing AI. Ep2: The importance of securing AI