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InnovationAus Podcast — 100 episodes
Sara Goldworthy’s ‘single pane view’ of secure government communications
NewsWrap: Friday 23 October - Semiconductors, AI egos and the march of the data centres
UndaTech CEO and co-founder Emily Pyke on defence technology and entrepreneurialism
ARIA chief Annabelle Herd on AI, copyright and the music industry's existential fight for the future
NewsWrap: Friday 16 October - AI's carefully constructed social licence campaign under threat
NewsWrap: Friday 9 October - Battle lines are drawn in a full week of AI hearings
NewsWrap: Friday 2 October 2026 - Mandatory AI guardrails gather momentum
Powering What's Next - Energy storage, from backup to backbone
Michelle Ananda-Rajah on big tech and a digital duty of care
Trellis Data's Michael Gately on sovereign AI and selling to govt
NewsWrap: Friday 25 September - Albanese, OpenAI and a breach of trust
The blurring of tech jobs in an AI world: Andrew Giles, federal Minister for Skills and Training
Hydrogen reignites as tech hits milestones: Rux Energy founder and CEO Jehan Kanga
NewsWrap: Friday 18 September - PMs AI policy sprint gets underway
Resilience Through Capability: Rear Admiral (retired) Lee Goddard, non-executive director Austal, Droneshield, Saronic Technologies
NewsWrap: Friday 11 September - Kevin Rudd's radical plan for national security, economic resilience
Delivery: A GovTech Podcast: AI in cultural institutions - National Gallery CIO Jade Carson
Resilience through Capability - TechnologyOne’s head of security and compliance, Chris Polkinghorne
NewsWrap: Friday 4 September 2026 - Missing the tech jobs target by removing the target?
Resilience through Capability - ResetData co-founder and co-CEO Marcel Zalloua
The Commercial Disco: Australia's Chief Defence Scientist, Professor Tanya Monro
Big data, national security and cognitive performance: Dr Miah Hammond-Errey, CEO, Strat Futures
NewsWrap: Friday 28 August 2026 - National Cabinet data centre energy imbroglio
Delivery: A GovTech Podcast - Hamish Hansford, Head of National Security, Department of Home Affairs
Our universities' outsized role in innovation - UNSW vice-chancellor Attila Brungs
NewsWrap: Friday 21 August 2026 - Andrew Charlton on leveraging data centres to build AI
Powering What's Next - Where data centres, demand and decarbonisation collide
NewsWrap Friday 14 August - Malinauskas takes the wheel on AI
The gravity of national challenges: Dr Larry Marshall, ANU Chancellor and Fortescue director
NewsWrap Friday 7 August 2026: The fight over industry direction heats up
AI and productivity: Roy Green on building economic resilience and industrial capacity
Powering What's Next - Net Zero: The fine print
Growth capital for local SMEs - Anthony Healy, CEO, Australian Business Growth Fund
NewsWrap - Friday 31 July 2026: CSIRO chief Doug Hilton on science for industry
NewsWrap - Friday 24 July 2026: Labor conference debates AI future
Overcoming deep tech's 'missing middle': Liza Noonan, CEO, Cicada Innovations
Partial Zero Trust is no longer good enough - Sean MacKirdy, Elastic
The missing link in Australia's electric freight transition
NewsWrap - Friday 17 July 2026: PM misses the mark on local AI
National AI Centre Executive Director Lee Hickin: Productivity, safety and AI in Australia
NewsWrap - Friday 10 July 2026: Crunch-time for data centre, AI and copyright policy
NewsWrap: Friday July 3 - Pat Conroy signs off new Defence Industry Strategy
Delivery: A GovTech Podcast - National Cyber Security Coordinator Lt-General Michelle McGuinness
Bradfield’s ‘clean sheet’ chance to build Australia’s next industries: BDA chief executive Ken Morrison & BDA board member Dr Cathy Foley
NewsWrap: Friday 26 June 2026 - AI copyright stoush is now in the Red Zone
'Data rich, intelligence poor': The challenge facing govt - Anna Mascarello, Elastic
Delivery: A GovTech Podcast - Australian Federal Police chief technology officer Krissie Auld
NewsWrap – Friday 19 June: Pauline Hanson fills void on AI job displacement
Delivery: A GovTech Podcast - Digital Canberra acting CEO Bettina Konti
NewsWrap - Friday 12 June: Data Centre expectations lift-off
Ukraine as a centre for DefenceTech innovation: Author and analyst Major-General (retired) Mick Ryan
NewsWrap - Friday 5 June: Senate Estimate heats up
Kim Carr: A long march to industry rejuvenation
NewsWrap - Friday 29 May 2026: Husic saddles up
Delivery: A GovTech Podcast - Brendan Dowling, Deputy Secretary, Department of Home Affairs
Sovereign drone production with SYPAQ Systems CEO Amanda Holt
NewsWrap - Friday 22 May 2026
DELIVERY: A GovTech Podcast - Matthew White, Thales Vice-President, Cybersecurity for the Asia-Pacific and Japan
Independent MP Allegra Spender on CGT and innovation
The wild ride of Q-CTRL and Ironstone Opal - Michael Biercuk, CEO, Q-CTRL
NewsWrap - Friday 15 May 2026: CGT changes reaction
News Wrap Budget Special 2026
NewsWrap - Friday 8 May 2026: AI rules and a CGT revolt
AI and foundational trust systems: DigiCert Chief Trust Officer Lakshmi Hanspal
DELIVERY: A GovTech Podcast - Jordan Hatch, General Manager Digital Platforms, Services Australia
NewsWrap - Friday 1 May 2026: PsiQuantum's slow start in Brisbane
The real transformation challenge isn’t AI - Dr Joseph Sweeney, Advisor, Future of Work, IBRS
DELIVERY: A GovTech Podcast - Mike Webb, CIO, Department of Parliamentary Services
Australian innovation must get procurement rewards - Prof Ian Meredith, Australian MedTech Manufacturing Alliance
Ready for a technology refresh - Pawsey Supercomputer Centre CEO Mark Stickells
NewsWrap - Friday 17 April 2026: Defence Strategy
Building a Cyber Civilian Reserve - Kersti Eesmaa, Chief Operating Officer, Vertical Scope Group
DELIVERY: A GovTech Podcast - Chris Fechner, CEO, Digital Transformation Agency
NewsWrap - Friday 10 April 2026: Artemis echoes Apollo 8
DELIVERY: A GovTech Podcast - Kate Parr, Civil Digital Modernisation, Leidos Australia
RNA manufacturing capability drive with RNA Australia's CEO Paul McDonald
Delivery: A GovTech Podcast - Charles McHardie, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Services Australia
Dr Cathy Foley on the need for a National Semiconductor Roadmap
Delivery: A GovTech Podcast - Paul Hubbard, Chief AI Officer, Department of Finance
Ukraine battlefield data and the Aussie startup: Rhys Kissell, CEO, Panop
NewsWrap Friday - Friday 27 March 2026 - Data centre expectations
Mandy Andress, CISO, Elastic
SERD Review recommendations unpicked - Science and Technology Australia CEO Ryan Winn
NewsWrap - Friday 20 March 2026 - The SERD report
Energy, climate and the pivot to nuclear - Zion Lights
Trust and technology in digital government: Leigh Segall, CEO, Smart Communications
NewsWrap [LIVE] - Friday 13 March 2026
Data centre demand calls for nuclear option: Aaron Violi, shadow minister for Science, Technology and Innovation
NewsWrap: Friday 6 March 2026
Can Australia meet its AI moment? Toby Walsh podcast
NewsWrap Friday 27 February 2025
NewsWrap Friday 20 February 2025
High energy lessons from Virginia's data centre alley - Victor Hoskins podcast
NewsWrap Friday 13 February 2026
Australia can lead on low-carbon concrete – if we act now
Rozetta Institute chief executive Paul Dalby
AI journalist and author Jacob Ward
NewsWrap - Year in Review December 2025
National Reconstruction Fund chief executive officer David Gall
NewsWrap Friday 12 December 2025