In this episode of Policy, Guns & Money, Dr Robert Glasser and Anastasia Kapetas discuss climate change and national security in the first conversation in our new ongoing series that will put climate change front and center in the national security debate.

Tom Uren speaks with ASPI Fellow Rajiv Shah about his recent report ‘Ensuring a trusted 5G ecosystem of vendors and technology’. They discuss the importance of setting international standards and the need to encourage network providers to use multiple vendors to ensure a secure 5G network.

John Coyne speaks to David Burke, Defence Engagement Officer at the Townsville City Council, about the Townsville North Queensland Defence Strategy which was released earlier this year. David tells us a little about the Council’s strategy and how it came about.

Mentioned in this episode: https://www.aspi.org.au/report/ensuring-trusted-5g-ecosystem-vendors-and-technology

Guests:

Dr Robert Glasser: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/robert-glasser

Anastasia Kapetas: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/anastasia-kapetas

Tom Uren: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/tom-uren

Rajiv Shah: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/rajiv-shah

Dr John Coyne: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/john-coyne

David Burke.

Music: "Pluckandplay" by 'Kwon' via the You Tube Audio Library.

Image: "Broken Hill solar plant" by Jeremy Buckingham via WikiMedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broken_Hill_solar_plant_aerial.jpg