InnovationAus Podcast

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 th

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 Tr

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

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

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

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 dis

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 institu

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 McLeo

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 mil

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

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 de

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

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

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

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 fundin

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

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’

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 A

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 n

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 sho