Just 24 hours after launching its historic Eris TestFlight 1 mission, Gilmour Space Technologies' CEO Adam Gilmour takes a deep dive into the technical circumstances of its first flight, and what the road toward a TestFlight 2 mission looks like.

Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar's speech to the National Press Club attracted plenty of interest this week - and raised many eyebrows - as it explored opportunities for Australia in AI intelligence. And there was the maiden flight of Gilmour Space Technologies' orbital vehicle. Here's the latest from James Riley and Justin Hendry.

In this episode of The Commercial Disco, James Riley speaks with Dr Daniel Rossetto, a prominent voice in global environmental finance and adjunct professor at the University of Adelaide on Australia’s political mandate post-election and what it signals for national climate policy and net-zero ambitions.

Dr Rossetto underscores the urgency for Australia to define post-2030 renewable energy targets and intermediate climate goals for 2035, as well as long-term policy certainty to catalyse private investment in clean energy.

Exploring the technical and financial challenges of maintaining grid stability with increasing renewable penetration, Dr Rossetto notes striking similarities between the Australian and European energy landscapes and draws specific examples from Italy's use of gas in the energy mix.

The discussion also covers the controversial realm of nuclear energy, with a view that market mechanisms, not government ownership, should guide Australia’s energy mix.

In this episode of The Commercial Disco., editorial director James Riley talks to Luke Coleman, chief executive of the newly named Australian Telecommunications Alliance (formerly the Communications Alliance) about the expectations of the industry for the 48th Parliament of Australia. 

In this episode of The Commercial Disco, InnovationAus.com's editorial director James Riley and editor Justin Hendry unpack the United States’ newly released National AI Action Plan. Plus, we cover the latest in Australia’s tech scene --from new NRF biotech investments and NDIS digital reforms to the ongoing debate over AI regulation.

The first sitting week of the new Parliament starts next Tuesday, and in this episode of News Wrap, InnovationAus.com editor Justin Hendry and senior reporter Joseph Brookes preview the policy priorities for the new term.

This week the InnovationAus editorial team discuss the machinery of government changes that shifted delivery agency Services Australia to the Department of Finance, and prospects of Australia joining Horizon Europe - the world's largest research fund - as an associate member. Plus everything else that happened this week.

Australia has some big decisions to make as policymakers look for ways to extract the maximum productivity value from artificial intelligence across the economy, while also building a sovereign industry. Vault Cloud CEO Rupert Taylor-Price has been a long-term advocate for local industry, and is one of the clearest thinkers on technology issues.

This week was all about artificial intelligence and the national productivity debate. InnovationAus.com editor Justin Hendry joins James Riley to talk through the stories behind the headlines.

On this episode of the Commercial Disco, InnovationAus.com publisher Corrie McLeod talks to DigiCert chief executive Dr Amit Sinha about post-quantum threats, exploding machine identities and shrinking certificate lifespans, that are converging into a “perfect storm” for digital security leaders.