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  • Firmus' IPO in jeopardy; Tech giants at the AI inquiry.

    October 8, 2026 · 25 min

    Firmus's ASX IPO hangs in the balance as institutional investors grow increasingly sceptic before the book build was due to close. Meanwhile, the Joint Select Committee on AI wraps a big week of hearings, with tech giants including OpenAI…

  • The data centre debate gets real: Goodman's setback and Firmus' nearing IPO.

    October 1, 2026 · 23 min

    Goodman Group has abandoned its $1.2 billion Lane Cove data centre after a fierce community and political backlash, raising questions on if Australia's AI infrastructure boom is hitting its first real  bump. Meanwhile, Firmus confirms its…

  • Tech and AI dominate Albanese's US visit

    September 24, 2026 · 24 min

    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived in the United States earlier this week pushing for global guardrails on AI — signing a 22-nation statement on frontier AI regulation, launching Australia's bid for a UN Security Council seat and…

  • Australia's AI copyright clash fires up

    September 17, 2026 · 25 min

    Australia's AI copyright fight reignites as leaked documents reveal the Albanese government's reform plans. Meanwhile, just hours later, Anthropic signs its first Australian data centre lease: a $32 billion project in regional…

  • Xero's culture clash; Albo's war on big tech

    September 10, 2026 · 27 min

    Xero's aggressive AI pivot has sent morale inside the accounting software company into freefall, with engineers fearing they're building their own replacements. Meanwhile, the Albanese government's battle against big tech has a new target…

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  • Autonomous agents, real money: The risks of AI in banking and finance

    September 3, 2026 · 22 min

    Agentic AI in banking has moved from drafting documents to moving money — and there’s an unanswered question on who's liable when bots are actioning transactions. Recorded live at Fintech Australia's Intersekt conference, the Capital Brief…

  • Pauline Hanson’s support drops; Data centre angst rises.

    August 27, 2026 · 31 min

    Support for Pauline Hanson slides in the latest Capital Brief–Demos AU poll, with the sharpest drop among women — positive views falling 13 points since June while negative views jumped 15 points. Meanwhile, less than a quarter of…

  • Canva under the microscope, BHP cashes in on copper

    August 20, 2026 · 25 min

    Canva is facing AI token fraudsters who are exploiting loopholes to access AI credits beyond normal limits, with some later sold on grey markets. This comes as two of Canva’s earliest backers, Blackbird and Airtree, wrote down its…

  • Anthony Albanese's sit-down with Capital Brief

    August 13, 2026 · 26 min

    In an exclusive interview with Capital Brief’s Matthew Franklin and Katina Curtis, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he wants Australia to lead the world on AI regulation. He says his move to legislate AI regulatory standards could…

  • The data centre backlash

    August 6, 2026 · 24 min

    Community anger over AI data centres has found its epicentre in Sydney's Lane Cove of all places, a well-heeled North Shore suburb now facing five proposed data centres in its industrial park. Meanwhile, AI infrastructure company Firmus is…

  • Tim Doyle on CGT, selling Eucalyptus, and the future of healthcare

    July 30, 2026 · 41 min

    Eucalyptus co-founder Tim Doyle joins the Capital Brief newsroom for On The Call’s first ever guest episode. Doyle has been one of the most prominent voices in the startup sector’s response to Labor’s capital gains tax reforms, arguing the…

  • Australia's startup deal drought; The rise of Chinese AI.

    July 23, 2026 · 25 min

    A new report suggests that Australia has seen the strongest first half in venture funding since 2022 — but the number of deals is actually a quite a bit lower. Meanwhile, the conversation around Chinese AI is heating up with the release of…

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About the show

On The Call is a weekly live conversation with the Capital Brief newsroom on the stories driving the agenda in Australia’s centres of power. Host Harshdeep Kaur sits down each week with our journalists to dissect what we’re watching and why it matters, and answer questions from our subscribers, live.