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Sooner or later, many of us will face a confronting question: is it time for Mum, Dad or a grandparent to get more long-term support? Aged care can feel overwhelming, emotional and full of unknowns, but it is far more than a “nursing home.” 
In this honest conversation, host Lucy Lin sits down with registered nurse and Care Window co-founder Fiona Symons, who explains what aged care really looks like today. From support at home to residential care, while unpacking loneliness, dementia, family decisions, nursing, and the technologies helping older people stay connected to the ones they love. 

Together, Lucy and Fiona explore: 
What nurses really do in hospitals and aged care, and why they are essential clinical decision-makers, advocates and educators 
Fiona’s career pivot from law to nursing, and how both careers centre on helping people navigate difficult systems 
When families may need to consider aged care, including after falls, mobility changes, stroke, dementia or cognitive decline 
The differences between home care, assisted living and residential aged-care facilities 
What daily life in a modern aged-care home can look like 
Loneliness and social isolation among older people, including why being surrounded by people does not always mean feeling connected 
Gender stereotypes in nursing, the invisible emotional labour of care, and the nursing workforce challenge 
How technology can support, not replace, human care 
The story behind Care Window, a simple, dementia-friendly video-calling device Fiona co-founded with her brother after their father entered residential aged care 
AI in healthcare, digital literacy, and the future of aged care innovation 
Fiona’s central message is simple: aged care is not as scary as people think, but families need to talk about it before a crisis forces the conversation. If you are caring for ageing parents, supporting a loved one with dementia, considering home care or residential aged care, working in healthcare, or interested in the future of health technology, this episode is for you. 
With special thanks to the CSIRO ON Innovation Program for sponsoring this important episode! 🙏 

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*Chapters* 
00:00 Aged & Elder Care Introduction 
01:42 Meet Fiona Symons 
02:58 Lawyer to Nurse Career Pivot 
07:45 Law Skills in Nursing 
10:07 What Nurses Really Do 
19:29 Healthcare Burnout and Staff Shortages 
25:03 Gender Bias in Nursing 
29:27 When to Move into Aged & Elder Care 
35:48 Home Care and Assisted Living 
41:12 Inside Aged Care Homes 
44:44 Understanding Social Isolation 
52:47 Care Window Introduction 
57:15 The Realities of Founder Life 
01:03:27 Quick Fire Career Skills 
01:08:05 AI Tech Future Healthcare 
01:10:58 Reframing Aged Care Family Conversation 
 
 
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Ovarian cancer is one of the most lethal women’s cancers because it’s often diagnosed too late and there’s still no routine screening test like a mammogram or Pap smear. 
In this episode of Emerging Tech Unpacked, host Lucy Lin sits down with Associate Professor Michelle Hill, a biochemist, scientist‑entrepreneur, and founder/CEO of Proseek Bio, to unpack one of the most shocking realities in women’s health: right now, the only way to definitively diagnose ovarian cancer is to surgically remove the ovary and send it to pathology. That means many women undergo major surgery, sometimes losing an ovary, just to find out whether a mass was cancerous or completely benign. 
In this conversation, we cover: 
What ovarian cancer is and why it’s called a “silent killer” 
Key ovarian cancer symptoms to watch for (bloating, pelvic pain, feeling full quickly, frequent urination, fatigue) 
Why today, definitive diagnosis often still requires surgery 
How Michelle’s company Proseek Bio is developing multi‑biomarker blood tests to help decide: “Do I really need this surgery?” 
The bigger picture of women’s health, medical gaslighting, and Michelle’s journey from scientist to health‑tech entrepreneur 
With special thanks to the CSIRO ON Innovation Program for sponsoring this important episode! 🙏 

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Chapters
00:00 Ovarian Cancer Wake-up Call 
01:03 Meet Associate Professor Michelle Hill 
04:04 Cake Lab 
05:08 Why Diagnosis Needs Surgery 
08:20 Silent Killer Explained 
09:17 Why Detection Is Hard 
12:07 Early Detection Saves Lives 
17:03 Women Left Out Of Medical Research 
20:09 Medical Gaslighting Reality 
22:12 Symptoms You Can't Pin Down 
34:29 Proseek Bio Origin Story 
36:42 How The Blood Test Works 
39:22 From Academia To Founder 
42:54 Raising Capital Lessons 
48:32 Future Skills For Scientists and Founders 
53:22 Femtech And Women's Health 
55:48 Practical Health Actions 
 
 
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 Imagine waking up one morning and realising your AI assistant hasn’t just written your emails overnight, it’s also moved money between your accounts, paid your bills and maybe even booked your next specialist appointment. Terrifying? Exciting? Maybe both.

In this live episode of Emerging Tech Unpacked, host Lucy Lin sits down with Stripe and splose to unpack how agentic AI is already reshaping fintech, customer discovery and payments.

In this live recording from Stone & Chalk during Sunrise Festival week, we explore what happens when AI stops being a chatbot on a screen and starts acting as an agent in the real world - discovering services, negotiating options and actually moving money in the background.

In this episode, we dive into:
💵 What agentic AI really is: from “call and response” chatbots to always‑on sidekicks that can take multi‑step actions for you.
💵 How customer discovery is shifting from Google searches to AI assistants, including why Stripe now sees more traffic to its docs from AI agents than from humans.
💵 Real‑world stories of agents over‑stepping the brief, from grocery orders gone wrong to Slack messages sent before they were ready.
 Why payments have moved from “unsexy plumbing” to a growth lever and core part of customer experience, especially in allied health.
💵 Trust, fraud and safety: fake IDs, agent‑driven attacks, and why “trust arrives on foot and leaves on horseback” in fintech and healthcare.
💵 The human skills that still matter in an AI world: adaptability, curiosity, communication and learning to brief your agents with the right context.

We thank our partners: Stripe, Sunrise and Stone & Chalk for their support in making this live podcast episode happen!
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*Chapters*

00:00 Welcome and We Love Our Partners
05:50 Meet The Panel
06:19 The Best Fun Facts 
09:18 What Is Agentic AI?
13:04 Hype Vs Reality
17:18 AI And Customer Experience
29:43 Payments Friction And Growth
34:14 Letting Agents Pay
36:33 Search and Shopping Trust
40:33 Fraud and Transparency
43:23 Can Fraud Be Stopped?
46:50 Startup Scaling and Fundraising
50:25 Futureproof Skills
55:59 Audience Q&A 
01:00:18 Fintech Innovations Ahead 
 
 
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In this episode of Emerging Tech Unpacked, host Lucy Lin interviews 22‑year‑old environmental scientist and founder Kirah Godsell, co‑founder of Air2Energy, a climate hardware startup turning “pollution into power” from engines and boilers.

You’ll learn:

🌳 Decarbonisation explained in simple, non‑jargon language

🌳 How burning fossil fuels in cars, buildings and power plants traps heat and drives climate change

🌳 How an university assignment turned a pre‑med student into a climate tech founder

🌳 What Gen Z really thinks about climate anxiety, net zero, consumer guilt and greenwashing

🌳 Practical climate actions you can start taking today

If you’re curious about climate change, net zero, clean energy, climate tech careers and how young innovators are building real hardware solutions, this episode is for you.

With special thanks to the CSIRO ON Innovation Program for sponsoring this important episode! 🙏  

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Chapters

00:00 Introducing Gen Z Founder, Kirah Godsell
02:54 Gen Z Climate Reality
04:51 Great Barrier Reef Loss And Motivation
07:03 Accidental Startup Origin
09:50 Decarbonisation Explained
15:17 What Happens If We Fail
18:55 Hard To Decarbonise Industry
30:45 Offsets Profit And Greenwashing
41:31 Carbon Capture Difference
44:08 Startup Prototyping And Scaling
48:30 Staying Motivated
53:49 Advice For Scientists
57:17 Future Skills Rapid Fire
01:00:48 Human Connection And AI
01:03:24 Studying During COVID 
01:06:43 Practical Climate Steps
01:13:45 Final Earth Reminder 
 
 
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Quantum isn’t just mind‑bending physics - it is creating new industries, reshaping cybersecurity and demanding a whole ecosystem of skills, investment and policy to bring it to life.

In Part 2 of this special quantum series, Australia’s former Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley joins host Lucy Lin to explore how we move quantum from the lab to the real world, and what it means for careers, national security and Australia’s tech future.

In this conversation, we unpack:

⚛️ The hard realities of taking quantum technologies from research labs into fabs, foundries and investible startups, and why Australia needs a coordinated ecosystem, not just brilliant science.

⚛️ How governments, states and industry are quietly building quantum infrastructure, from fabrication and packaging facilities to deep‑tech precincts.

⚛️ Why quantum is already here in sensing and encryption, how “harvest now, decrypt later” works, and what being truly “quantum ready” means for banks, infrastructure and cybersecurity teams.

⚛️ The new jobs emerging across quantum hardware, software, cryogenics, materials, policy, communications and storytelling, and the skills that will be in highest demand.

⚛️ How diversity, feedback and resilience have shaped Cathy’s four‑decade career, and her advice on turning setbacks into fuel for growth and leadership.

If you’ve ever wondered whether quantum will actually deliver on the hype, what Q‑Day really is, or how your own skills might fit into this new wave of deep tech, this episode will give you a clear, grounded roadmap.

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 *Chapters*

00:00 Meet Dr Cathy Foley, Australia’s Former Chief Scientist
03:00 The Funding and Commercialisation Gap
04:40 Building Industry Support Programs
09:41 Quantum's Promise Timeline
12:00 Why Australia Backs Quantum
13:56 Encryption Risks and Readiness
18:11 Jobs and Key Skills
24:59 Why Quantum Needs To Be Cold
26:48 Women in STEM Progress
29:28 Fixing Early Career Pathways
31:08 Long Game Mindset
35:39 Career Feedback and Resilience
40:29 No Overnight Success
42:26 Quantum's Decade Vision
46:42 A Quantum Fun Fact 

 
 
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