AI Regulation is Coming to Australia: Most of what it will ask, you can already work out.
Australia spent seven years deciding not to regulate AI. The Ethics Principles were voluntary. The AI Safety Standard was voluntary. The proposed mandatory guardrails for high-risk AI were shelved as recently as December 2025. Then on 15 July the government changed its mind: an Office of AI established inside PM&C, and a mandatory set of […]
AI Is Not the Hard Part. Here Is What Is.
Highlights from the AWS AI First Executive Forum Intercontinental Melbourne set a fitting backdrop for a forum about the future: bluestone architecture, heritage elegance, and a room full of senior leaders ready to talk about what comes next. As the keynotes from AWS and OpenAI unfolded, a striking realisation emerged: the technological bottleneck had dissolved. […]
AIOps: Applying DevOps Principles to AI Operations
Many organisations are getting GenAI proofs-of-concept off the ground, but very few are turning those into reliable, production-ready services. When that happens, the business doesn’t just lose momentum. It loses money, time, and competitive advantage. AI projects remain stuck in prototypes that don’t scale, support teams can’t operationalise them, and business leaders never see a […]
Cybersecurity Trends 2025: A Personal Perspective for Business Leaders
As we approach the bulk of 2025, the cybersecurity trends evolve rapidly, changing the landscape and creating new challenges for business leaders and IT decision-makers. Having worked in cybersecurity and IT security for over 24 years, I’ve witnessed many shifts, but nothing compares to today’s dramatic changes. These shifts are not just technical but deeply […]