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Burning Platforms

by Per Capita Australia
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About the show

Welcome to Burning Platforms: De-Coding the Power and Politics of Big Tech. Join Peter Lewis, Lizzie O’Shea (Digital Rights Watch), Dan Stinton (HealthEngine CEO), and guests, fortnightly for analysis of the politics of technology from some of Australia’s leading digital campaigners and industry experts. Brought to you by the Centre of the Public Square - an initiative of Per Capita.

Latest episodes

  • Open Season with Simon Kriss

    October 6, 2026 · 45 min

    As Open AI apologises to Australia the CEO of Sovereign AI takes us through the relative merits of open weight, open source and closed AI models.   Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan…

  • Rearview Mirror with Matt Finch

    September 30, 2026 · 46 min

    As Australia confronts the Open AI hack on Medicare we are joined by an expert in strategic foresight to explore how we can confront  the AI revolution with the benefit of hindsight. Panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea…

  • Tame Your Feed with Agata Stepnik

    September 22, 2026 · 48 min

    The Sydney University scholar explains how people can train their algorithms to get a better online experience and what it means to the Digital Duty of Care. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO…

  • Care Package with Sarah Davies

    September 14, 2026 · 46 min

    The CEO of the Alannah and Madeline Foundation gives her verdict on  the government’s new Digital Duty of care laws. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per Capita’s Peter Lewis…

  • Making Sausages with Kate Chaney

    September 9, 2026 · 51 min

    The independent MP on her community-driven plan for AI, working with government from the cross-bench and pushing the pace of reform. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per…

  • Perv Glass Half Full with Ed Santow

    September 2, 2026 · 49 min

    As privacy reforms gather momentum, the co-director of the Human Technology Institute walks us through the proposed changes and their implications for the digital world. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, Health…

  • Duty of Care with Zoe Hawkins

    August 26, 2026 · 50 min

    The co-founder of the Tech Policy Design Centre on the development of new laws to hold tech companies to account for the harms of their products. Regular panellists Digital Rights Watch Lizzie O’Shea, Health Engine CEO Dan Stinton and Per…

  • Heaps Normal with Nicholas Davis

    August 19, 2026 · 46 min

    The co-founder of the Human Technology lays down his megapixel provocation and challenges us to stop thinking about AI as being so different that we can’t control it. Panellists Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O’Shea, ABC National AI…