Aug 6, 2026
Aug 5, 2026
Dr Ross Babbage warns that without urgent economic reform and industrial recalibration, Australia risks becoming a client state of Beijing.
Returning to the Defence Connect Podcast, strategic analyst Dr Ross Babbage delivers an unsparing diagnosis: Australia is drifting towards a future of strategic weakness, economic...
Aug 4, 2026
Australia’s next strategic edge will be built beneath the waves,
combining autonomous systems, artificial intelligence and AUKUS
cooperation to reshape the underwater battlespace.
In a special Defence Connect Podcast episode recorded for the
ADSTAR 2026 summit, Admiral Stephen Hughes, on the eve of his
retirement,...
Aug 3, 2026
In this week’s podcast, Cyber Daily’s Daniel Croft and David
Hollingworth argue for sovereign Australian AI, catch up with the
Origin Energy data breach, uncover a Court Services Victoria hack,
and ponder the efficacy of taking a foreign chat platform to court
over terror content.
Should Aussie banks have access to...
Jul 30, 2026
How can Australia strengthen its future defence workforce while
building sovereign industrial capability across shipbuilding,
sustainment and advanced military technology?
In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, Stephen Kuper,
Robert Dougherty and Bethany Alvaro unpack a series of developments
across...