City of Algorithms: How AI is Shaping Our Urban Future

Our cities are buckling under the strain of their own weight, so how will they accommodate 2 billion additional people by the year 2050? Should shell out the cash to build exotic, futuristic smart cities, or can Artificial Intelligence help us with the myriad of problems we haven't solved in our pr…

Smart Cities: Where the Future is Functional

We're living in a surprisingly modest reality of 'Smart Cities,' where the bold promise of the future hasn't quite delivered what Hollywood promised and instead has yielded practical, incremental advancements, making urban living less about science fiction and more about smarter garbage trucks. Fe…

Grid-Scale Storage: When the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow...

By 2030, more than 80% of Australia's electricity will be generated by renewable sources. The challenge is clear: how do we transition to renewables while maintaining a reliable and affordable energy supply? In other words, what happens when the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow? Batter…

Superpower Status: Australia's Battery & Critical Minerals Opportunity

Tucked within Australia's rich soil lies a veritable treasure trove, including a wealth of critical minerals that function as key ingredients in today's advanced batteries. As global dynamics pivot from oil-dominant petrostates to electricity-focused electrostates, Australia is uniquely positioned…

Power Play: Plugging into Australia's EV Charging Infrastructure

The transition to battery-powered electric vehicles will greatly lower Australia's carbon emissions. But a lack of public charging infrastructure is one of the main reasons why more Australians aren't switching to EVs sooner. However, a flurry of public and private investment means new fast-charg…

NEW | Batteries Included: Australia's Shift to Electric Vehicles

This new season of Megatrends examines the critical role that batteries play in what might be the most mega Megatrend of them all: decarbonisation. Batteries power the future of transport - Electric Vehicles. They're clean, they're quiet, but due to the higher cost of batteries, they're also expen…

Coming soon: Anatomy of a Scam

Australia faces an epidemic of scams, a daily barrage of dodgy texts, phone calls and emails from anonymous cyber criminals and con artists, domestic and abroad. Financial losses are doubling year on year but the true cost of scams amounts to more than lost dollars, with emotional damage inflicted…

Megatrends: Future Cities | Is the CBD dead?

The pandemic has changed how, when and why we move throughout the city and it created both a challenge and a unique opportunity to redesign our urban landscapes. On any given day, as many as two million workers no longer commute into the city for work, swapping the inner city for the suburbs. As …

Coming Soon... Megatrends: Future Cities

For thousands of years, humans have flocked to cities, choosing the hustle and bustle over life on the land. But the pandemic forced workers to abandon the CBD and work remotely, causing profound changes in how, when, and why we move through these complex urban environments.  In Megatrends: Futur…

Megatrends: Why Digital Skills Will Pay The Bills

How do you build a well-paid, secure workforce in the era of intelligent machines? The rapid rise of digital technology created roughly as many jobs as it destroyed but the arrival of AI is a game changer. Improving digital skills and boosting jobs in the tech sector is one way to address this se…