Dev Singh

Can AI and technology give care workers more time for human connection? Dr Catherine Stoddart shares her perspective on aged care in Australia, home care, workforce pressures, and keeping people at the centre of digital transformation. Drawing on her career in nursing, public health leadership, and her role as CEO of Brightwater Care Group, Catherine discusses the challenges of delivering quality...

Why can leaving hospital be so difficult for older Australians who still need support? Senator Anne Ruston discusses Australia’s aged care reforms, access to home care packages, and the gaps families face when moving between hospital, home care and residential aged care. From growing up on a rose farm in South Australia’s Riverland to representing regional communities in Parliament, Ruston explain...

Panel 4: National Care Sectors Conference: NDIS, Aged Care & Childcare How do we use AI in healthcare and community services without compromising privacy, consent, or human connection? This panel explores responsible AI adoption, digital inclusion, and the ethical challenges facing the care sector. From employees using AI without their organisation’s knowledge to concerns about recording clien...

Panel 3: National Care Sectors Conference: NDIS, Aged Care & Childcare What happens when seeking mental health care becomes a struggle of its own? This panel explores mental health services in Australia, safeguarding, continuity of care, and why trust requires more than compliance. Sharon shares her family’s experience of navigating fragmented services while seeking support for her daughter, i...

Panel 2 : The Future Care Workforce: From Shortages to Sustainable Careers | National Care Sectors Conference: NDIS, Aged Care & Childcare Why are nursing graduates struggling to find work while Australia faces a nursing shortage? This panel explores the care workforce crisis, nurse retention, graduate placements, and what it takes to build sustainable careers in healthcare and aged care. Sand...

Panel 1: Panel 1: From Silos to Systems: Building a Person-Centred Care Continuum | National Care Sector Conference 2026, NDIS, Aged Care & Childcare Why do people with the same diagnosis face different care pathways? This panel explores dementia care, the NDIS, aged care, and the gaps that leave individuals, families, and carers struggling to find support. From the isolation people describe a...

AI is changing the creative industry, but who owns the work that makes AI possible? In this conversation, we explore generative AI, copyright, data sovereignty, Australian artists, and the growing concerns about creative work being used to train AI without consent or fair payment. We also discuss the opportunities AI brings to music, art, research, and innovation, and why transparency matters when...

Panel 4: Accelerating Smart Growth: Al-Led Productivity & Economic Growth | National AI & Cybersecurity Leadership Summit 2026 Will AI replace jobs—or help us work better? This panel discussion explores AI adoption, the future of work, and how businesses can embrace artificial intelligence while protecting their people, customers, and data. From an account of an AI sales agent offering cus...

Is building more homes enough to solve Australia’s housing crisis? This conversation explores housing supply, council rates, infrastructure funding, and why growing communities need more than houses. Nathan shares his perspective on the pressures facing local government in South Australia, from councils borrowing money to operate to housing developments putting extra demand on roads, transport, sp...

Why do bullying bosses get away with it, and what happens when employees are too afraid to speak up? This podcast explores toxic leadership, workplace bullying, conflict resolution, and the conversations that can turn tension into trust. Our guest, an accredited leadership coach, mediator, and former UN human rights professional, shares lessons from her work in Cambodia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, an...

What makes a great leader, and do you really need decades of experience to earn a seat in the boardroom? In this episode, Stacey joins Dev to explore authentic leadership, women in leadership, boardroom diversity, and how to start your journey towards a board role. From geological engineering and mining in Western Australia to local government and board appointments, Stacey shares how purpose shap...

What does it take to keep building when entrepreneurship gets tough, and your co-founder is also your husband? In this podcast trailer, we explore the human side of entrepreneurship: the moments of wanting to quit, the pressure that follows founders home, and what truly matters if everything you’ve built turns to dust. “If this all turns to dust tomorrow, our fallback is we would just want to be h...

Why are younger Australians becoming afraid of growing old? In this important podcast conversation, Miranda—Chief Executive of COTA SA, the Council on the Ageing South Australia—discusses Australia’s aged-care crisis, long waiting periods for home-care support, age discrimination, dementia, digital exclusion and the pressures facing older Australians and their families. Some older people may wait...

David died twice after being struck head-on by a four-wheel drive—and exactly ten years later, he was elected as a Member of Parliament. In this deeply personal podcast conversation, David recounts the cycling accident that left him trapped beneath a vehicle for 50 minutes. His surgeon rated his injuries nine out of ten, with ten representing death. After four and a half months in hospital, he had...

His own political party refused even to consider him as a candidate—but he refused to give up. In this honest and deeply personal podcast conversation, a Victorian politician shares his journey from growing up in a single-parent household and experiencing constant financial pressure to surviving political rejection and finally entering Parliament. He opens up about moving repeatedly during childho...

Australia has extraordinary natural resources, talented people and enormous economic potential, so why are Australians facing rising debt, housing pressure, energy insecurity and declining confidence in the political system? In this thought-provoking podcast, host Dave sits down with Ron for an unfiltered conversation about Australian sovereignty, democracy, natural resources, taxation, migration,...

Why is Victoria becoming so expensive and why are people working harder but still falling further behind? In this powerful podcast conversation, we examine Victoria’s cost-of-living crisis, unaffordable housing, rising rents, expensive groceries, energy bills and the extraordinary profits being made by Australia’s biggest banks. Our guest argues that while ordinary Victorians struggle to pay their...

What kind of Victoria will the next generation inherit? In this wide-ranging political conversation, first-time candidate Xavier shares the personal story behind his decision to enter politics—from the values passed down by his Italian grandparents to preparing for the birth of his first child. Xavier discusses the pressures facing Victorian families, including rising energy bills, housing afforda...

What makes a great leader in a workplace being transformed by AI, hybrid work, psychological safety and changing employee expectations? In this conversation, Professor Gary Martin explores what effective leadership looks like today and why curiosity, self-reflection and asking the right questions remain essential leadership skills. He discusses how leaders can use AI without allowing it to replace...

“I can’t do this. I’m not good enough. I don’t know what I’m doing. I’m afraid.” In this honest and deeply personal podcast conversation, an experienced CEO reveals the reality of leadership, imposter syndrome, failure and the private fears that can remain hidden behind professional success. From making difficult decisions and questioning whether he was good enough to lead, to losing a close frien...

Panel 3: Empowering Australia's Workforce: Future of Work & Al-Augmented Workforce | National AI & Cybersecurity Leadership Summit 2026 “I can do ten times more—but there are still only 24 hours in my day.” Artificial intelligence promises greater productivity, but what does AI really mean for jobs, workplace burnout, human skills and the next generation of workers? In this thought-provoki...

Panel 2: Securing What Matters: AI-Enabled Threats, Cybersecurity & Critical Infrastructure | National AI & Cybersecurity Leadership Summit 2026 “The team cloned my voice—and my mother thought it was really me.” AI-powered scams, voice cloning and cyberattacks are no longer future threats. In this eye-opening panel discussion, cybersecurity and human-rights experts reveal how artificial in...

Panel 1: Panel 1: Leading With Confidence: AI Safety, Trust & Board Readiness | National AI & Cybersecurity Leadership Summit 2026 In this thought-provoking panel discussion, experts explore the opportunities, risks and responsibilities surrounding artificial intelligence in business, law and society. From AI governance and cybersecurity to workplace disruption and data privacy, the panel...

“I felt free… and then I went back.” In this powerful podcast conversation, Danielle shares the reality of escaping domestic violence, why survivors can return to abusive relationships, and what living in survival mode and experiencing PTSD can truly feel like. Danielle also explores the gaps in Australia’s domestic violence support system—especially after crisis services end—and explains why long...

Loneliness isn’t just an emotional issue. Research suggests social isolation can be as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. In this powerful conversation with host Dev Singh, Irene explores the hidden reality of loneliness in aged care, why many older people receive few or no visitors, and how young people and intergenerational care programs could become part of the solution. The conversation a...