Truly incredible to have Forbes(!) feature a follow up on the leadership power of future casting (aka Strategic Foresight) and the opportunity that it affords industry in this era of continual, indeed compounding, changes that we term a polycrisis.

Thrilled to be joining Bohdee Media as a science advisor! Adam Boland and his colleagues are astonishingly creative and accomplished storytellers *and* social/traditional media creators. And never have those communication skills been more needed… the challenges facing our world will require more science and technology not less, and that tech positive view needs to be heard more widely than ever.

So this was a new one... reporting on a space event in the national news AS IT HAPPENED with the return of the 'stranded' astronauts aboard the International Space Station for 25 MINUTES which demonstrates the investment and excitement of the Australian audiences in a story that was literally out of this world. Coincidentally this day of media frenzy was also my 300th TV appearance since I arrived in Australia a decade and a half ago... what an incredible honour and fun experience to report on groundbreaking science to so many for so long..!

Australia has invested significantly in developing world-class technologies for the resources sector. The challenge now is ensuring those innovations move beyond individual projects and become part of how the industry operates at scale.

It was a pleasure to speak at RMIT University's Global Critical Minerals Forum, sharing some of the emerging technologies transforming how we explore for, understand and process critical minerals. My talk "From Underground to Orbit" explored technologies ranging from muon imaging and quantum gravity sensing to satellite-enabled exploration, AI-driven data fusion and even technologies being developed for extracting resources on the Moon. All done by Australian companies with global impact, today.

This week I have the privilege of hosting the Australian Space Summit 2026 in Sydney - now in its fifth(!) year and what a moment to be doing it.

We've just seen SpaceX achieve the largest public listing in history. Last year, global private investment in space hit a record. The money has arrived, and the question for Australia is simple: are we going to back ourselves and grow our industries to seize this moment, or watch it pass by and become customers of other nations' capabilities?

Truly incredible to have Forbes(!) feature a follow up on the leadership power of future casting (aka Strategic Foresight) and the opportunity that it affords industry in this era of continual, indeed compounding, changes that we term a polycrisis.