PODCAST: Direct from Australian Space Summit & Exhibition 2025, with Scott Morrison

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By: Robyn Tongol

In this Australian Space Summit & Exhibition 2025 episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, senior journalist Robert Dougherty is joined by Scott Morrison, Space Centre Australia chair and former prime minister.

In this Australian Space Summit & Exhibition 2025 episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, senior journalist Robert Dougherty is joined by Scott Morrison, Space Centre Australia chair and former prime minister.

The pair discuss:

  • Morrison’s keynote speech during the Australian Space Summit & Exhibition and his discussions with space industry representatives throughout the event, in particular, his unique perspective since being in politics and now in the corporate space industry environment.
  • The newly announced Space Centre Australia launch site in Queensland and the opportunities it represents for greater space industry collaboration.
  • Australia’s relationships in the Indo-Pacific with Japan and South Korea as well as countries in Europe and representatives from the United States.
  • The results and his observations about the recent Australian federal election.
  • The increasing calls for the Australian government to lift its GDP percentage spend on defence from 2.3 per cent to at least 3 per cent.

Enjoy the podcast,
The Defence Connect team

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Episode 9: PODCAST: Offshore manufacturing, defence procurement and industrial resilience, with Philippe Odouard and David McLaughlin
Episode 8: SPOTLIGHT: Cyber warfare, autonomy and the future of defence, with Palo Alto Networks’ Tom Scully and MAJGEN (Ret’d) John Davis
Episode 7: CONTESTED GROUND: Fortune favours the bold – building a national security strategy for the 21st century, with Marc Ablong
Episode 6: PODCAST: Developing Australia’s ability to take a hit and keep fighting, with the honourable Andrew Hastie MP, shadow minister for industry and sovereign capability
Episode 5: PODCAST: AUKUS expansion, artillery manufacturing and Australia’s regional defence role
Episode 4: SPOTLIGHT: Building mass, capability and trust with autonomous and uncrewed systems, with Michael Mitchell, Elysium EPL director
Episode 3: PODCAST: Defence policy, domestic manufacturing and military culture, with Senator Malcolm Roberts
Episode 2: SPOTLIGHT: LAND 156, counter-drone warfare and electronic warfare capability, with Department 13’s Ben Westgarth