Intelligence; Optimised Podcast
In this series our Indo-Pacific experts navigate the complexities of safeguarding our present and fortifying our future in these uncertain times. Our focus is on delivering expert analyses and insights under the national security umbrella, to help you: "Be Ready for Today. Prepared for Tomorrow." This series is crafted for a discerning audience, including defence professionals, policymakers, academics, technology experts , logistics and supply chain managers, public health officials, and food and agribusiness purveyors. It's designed for those who seek to stay ahead of the curve in understanding and implementing the cutting-edge strategies and technologies that define global security today and shape its evolution tomorrow. The “Vaxa Bureau - Intelligence; Optimised Podcast” is a part of the Vaxa Grow Series and brought to you by the Vaxa Bureau team. Find out more: https://vaxabureau.com/
Episodes
August 26, 2025 • 27 mins
Australia’s security turns on a hard question: do we have the right ammunition, in the right place, at the right time?
In this episode of Intelligence Optimised, host Todd Crowley sits down with Jason Murray, CEO of Ares Armaments Australia, to unpack how sovereign munitions - especially non-standard, mission-specific rounds - can cut exposure to overseas shocks and lift counter-UAS readiness across the Indo-Pacific. Non-standard am...
In this episode of Intelligence Optimised, host Todd Crowley sits down with Jason Murray, CEO of Ares Armaments Australia, to unpack how sovereign munitions - especially non-standard, mission-specific rounds - can cut exposure to overseas shocks and lift counter-UAS readiness across the Indo-Pacific. Non-standard am...
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August 19, 2025 • 39 mins
This episode of Intelligence Optimised takes you to the floodplains of the Adelaide River in the Northern Territory, home to one of Australia’s most significant aquaculture operations - Humpty Doo Barramundi. Dan Richards - the farm’s director sits down with host Todd Crowley, to uncover how a family-run enterprise has grown into a key contributor to national food security.
From the site of the failed 1950s Humpty Doo Rice Project t...
From the site of the failed 1950s Humpty Doo Rice Project t...
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August 12, 2025 • 23 mins
How AI in government cuts queues, enables 24/7 support, and strengthens disaster planning without getting stuck in procurement?
Artificial intelligence is no longer a “someday” tool. In this episode of Intelligence Optimised, host Todd Crowley sits down with Curtis West to unpack how AI in government can lift service delivery across councils and small national governments alike. We cover where machine learning fits (forecasting, ano...
Artificial intelligence is no longer a “someday” tool. In this episode of Intelligence Optimised, host Todd Crowley sits down with Curtis West to unpack how AI in government can lift service delivery across councils and small national governments alike. We cover where machine learning fits (forecasting, ano...
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August 5, 2025 • 32 mins
How much capability is Australia leaving on the table by chasing “zero-risk” procurement?
In Part 1, Aaron Pollard laid out why real security starts with culture, not compliance and how SMEs often carry the biggest burden.
Now, in Part 2 of this Intelligence Optimised conversation, host Todd Crowley goes deeper with Aaron to expose the cost of risk aversion and the internal blockages slowing down delivery.
Key threads
✔️ Security cultu...
In Part 1, Aaron Pollard laid out why real security starts with culture, not compliance and how SMEs often carry the biggest burden.
Now, in Part 2 of this Intelligence Optimised conversation, host Todd Crowley goes deeper with Aaron to expose the cost of risk aversion and the internal blockages slowing down delivery.
Key threads
✔️ Security cultu...
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July 29, 2025 • 26 mins
Hit Essential Eight, guard IP, and keep your Defence contracts - practical tactics for Aussie defence SMEs.
Small and mid-sized firms sit at the sharp end of Australia’s defence supply chain. They build smart kit, hold sensitive data and keep prime contractors moving - yet many still treat security as a box-ticking chore. In this episode of Intelligence Optimised, host Todd Crowley sits down with veteran security strategist Aaron Po...
Small and mid-sized firms sit at the sharp end of Australia’s defence supply chain. They build smart kit, hold sensitive data and keep prime contractors moving - yet many still treat security as a box-ticking chore. In this episode of Intelligence Optimised, host Todd Crowley sits down with veteran security strategist Aaron Po...
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July 22, 2025 • 35 mins
How natural capital accounting lets CFOs price ecosystem risk, secure Indo-Pacific supply chains and find new value.
Nature underpins every tonne shipped, meal served and unit of power generated across the Indo-Pacific - yet its true worth still hides off the books.
In this episode of Intelligence Optimised Podcasts, CSIRO’s Dr Tony O’Grady joins host Todd Crowley to unpack natural capital accounting: a rigorous method that treats fo...
Nature underpins every tonne shipped, meal served and unit of power generated across the Indo-Pacific - yet its true worth still hides off the books.
In this episode of Intelligence Optimised Podcasts, CSIRO’s Dr Tony O’Grady joins host Todd Crowley to unpack natural capital accounting: a rigorous method that treats fo...
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July 16, 2025 • 10 mins
Europe is no longer a spectator in the Indo-Pacific.
Brussels, Berlin, Paris and London are rewiring policy, defence posture and capital flows to lock in strategic autonomy because 60 % of global GDP and every flash-point that matters sit in our neighbourhood.
Host Todd Crowley unpacks the quiet pivot you’ll miss if you only watch the headlines. German frigates surface in the South China Sea. EU cyber teams plug into Pacific networks...
Brussels, Berlin, Paris and London are rewiring policy, defence posture and capital flows to lock in strategic autonomy because 60 % of global GDP and every flash-point that matters sit in our neighbourhood.
Host Todd Crowley unpacks the quiet pivot you’ll miss if you only watch the headlines. German frigates surface in the South China Sea. EU cyber teams plug into Pacific networks...
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July 8, 2025 • 22 mins
Atmospheric water generation shows defence planners a faster path to water security and lower logistics risk.
Part 1 of this conversation laid the groundwork - field lessons from East Timor, plastic waste in PNG, and the commercial model letting one water cooler in an office fund clean supply in five remote communities.
In Part 2, Intelligence Optimised host Todd Crowley continues the discussion with Shannon Lemanski - veteran, engi...
Part 1 of this conversation laid the groundwork - field lessons from East Timor, plastic waste in PNG, and the commercial model letting one water cooler in an office fund clean supply in five remote communities.
In Part 2, Intelligence Optimised host Todd Crowley continues the discussion with Shannon Lemanski - veteran, engi...
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July 1, 2025 • 20 mins
Bottled-water pallets burn, plastic piles grow and aircraft haul “expired” crates across oceans, all because remote bases and towns can’t trust the tap.
In this Part 1 of “Clean Water for Vulnerable Indo-Pacific Communities” episode, host Todd Crowley sits down with former Army logistician Shannon Lemanski, founder of Queensland social enterprise Aqua Ubique, to unpack a different path: atmospheric water generation (AWG).
Lemanski tr...
In this Part 1 of “Clean Water for Vulnerable Indo-Pacific Communities” episode, host Todd Crowley sits down with former Army logistician Shannon Lemanski, founder of Queensland social enterprise Aqua Ubique, to unpack a different path: atmospheric water generation (AWG).
Lemanski tr...
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How wireless energy changes defence, logistics and supply chain resilience in the Indo-Pacific.
This episode of Intelligence Optimised Podcasts drills into a concept that’s moving from science fiction to strategic planning: wireless energy transmission. Todd Crowley explores how this capability - once imagined in labs - is now shaping real-world logistics, particularly in Indo-Pacific defence and humanitarian operations.
Billy Jeremi...
This episode of Intelligence Optimised Podcasts drills into a concept that’s moving from science fiction to strategic planning: wireless energy transmission. Todd Crowley explores how this capability - once imagined in labs - is now shaping real-world logistics, particularly in Indo-Pacific defence and humanitarian operations.
Billy Jeremi...
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June 17, 2025 • 7 mins
Middle East conflict threatens Indo-Pacific supply chains, energy and critical industries. Concrete steps to assess risk now.
In this special episode of Intelligence Optimised, Todd Crowley breaks down how the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel is sending shockwaves across the Indo-Pacific. What starts as a military clash has fast become a global risk scenario touching supply chain routes, energy markets, finance, and sover...
In this special episode of Intelligence Optimised, Todd Crowley breaks down how the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel is sending shockwaves across the Indo-Pacific. What starts as a military clash has fast become a global risk scenario touching supply chain routes, energy markets, finance, and sover...
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June 10, 2025 • 33 mins
Many leaders still approach AI with the wrong mindset, treating it as a tool rather than a strategic capability. In this episode of Intelligence Optimised, Todd Crowley speaks with Llew Jury and Curtis West about how to shift from pilots and misconceptions to measurable, sector-wide impact.
They draw on practical work across defence, health, and infrastructure in Southeast Queensland and insights from Indo-Pacific procurement forums...
They draw on practical work across defence, health, and infrastructure in Southeast Queensland and insights from Indo-Pacific procurement forums...
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In this follow-up with John Cotter from Northwest Phosphate, we shift focus—from diagnosing Australia’s fertiliser supply risk to what needs to happen next.
Part 1 laid out the problem: growing dependency on foreign phosphate, the fragility of our food systems, and how Northwest Phosphate is stepping into the gap as the last domestic fertiliser miner.
In Part 2, we tackle the response.
✔️What strategic decisions are needed to build so...
Part 1 laid out the problem: growing dependency on foreign phosphate, the fragility of our food systems, and how Northwest Phosphate is stepping into the gap as the last domestic fertiliser miner.
In Part 2, we tackle the response.
✔️What strategic decisions are needed to build so...
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Can Australia feed itself if supply chains fail? In Part 1, we unpack the phosphate risk—and the bold local response underway.
As global supply chains falter and foreign influence rises, Australia faces a hard truth: we no longer control the fertiliser inputs critical to feeding our own population.
In Part 1 of Australia’s Phosphate Risk, we head to Northwest Queensland—ground zero for food and regional security. There, Northwest Pho...
As global supply chains falter and foreign influence rises, Australia faces a hard truth: we no longer control the fertiliser inputs critical to feeding our own population.
In Part 1 of Australia’s Phosphate Risk, we head to Northwest Queensland—ground zero for food and regional security. There, Northwest Pho...
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You can sit on your hands. Or you can act while others stall.
Fresh from a Harvard executive course on private equity and venture capital, Georgia lays out the hard truths and overlooked openings. What she’s seeing? Less hype, more depth. Less SaaS, more hard tech. And plenty of capital—if you know where to look and what to ask.
We go straight to the sharp end:
✔️ Why a downturn is a buying signal, not a red flag
✔️ What deep tech, def...
Fresh from a Harvard executive course on private equity and venture capital, Georgia lays out the hard truths and overlooked openings. What she’s seeing? Less hype, more depth. Less SaaS, more hard tech. And plenty of capital—if you know where to look and what to ask.
We go straight to the sharp end:
✔️ Why a downturn is a buying signal, not a red flag
✔️ What deep tech, def...
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May 13, 2025 • 28 mins
There’s a difference between data that looks good and data that does something.
This episode is for people making real decisions - in business, in community, in government - who are done with surface-level dashboards and chasing trends. Curtis explains why smart strategy today is less about having more tools, and more about asking better questions.
We talk through how organisations - from fast-moving startups to established public ag...
This episode is for people making real decisions - in business, in community, in government - who are done with surface-level dashboards and chasing trends. Curtis explains why smart strategy today is less about having more tools, and more about asking better questions.
We talk through how organisations - from fast-moving startups to established public ag...
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May 8, 2025 • 16 mins
The election’s over. Now comes the real work.
In this episode of Intelligence Optimised, Todd Crowley talks with Kathryn Conroy—partner at Premier National—about what Australia’s post-election landscape means for business leaders, especially those in energy, critical minerals, logistics, infrastructure, and agribusiness.
Kathryn brings decades of frontline experience in politics and policy to unpack what’s coming next—and what busine...
In this episode of Intelligence Optimised, Todd Crowley talks with Kathryn Conroy—partner at Premier National—about what Australia’s post-election landscape means for business leaders, especially those in energy, critical minerals, logistics, infrastructure, and agribusiness.
Kathryn brings decades of frontline experience in politics and policy to unpack what’s coming next—and what busine...
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April 29, 2025 • 6 mins
Australia heads to the polls on May 3, 2025. This election could redefine the nation's political landscape and its role in the Indo-Pacific region.In this episode of the Vaxa Bureau Intelligence Optimised Podcast, host Todd Crowley provides a clear-eyed analysis of:
✔️ Labor's term in review: achievements and challenges
✔️ Key policy proposals from major parties
✔️ The rising influence of minor parties and independents
✔️ Implicatio...
✔️ Labor's term in review: achievements and challenges
✔️ Key policy proposals from major parties
✔️ The rising influence of minor parties and independents
✔️ Implicatio...
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November 20, 2024 • 22 mins
This episode of the "Intelligence Optimised Podcast" explores Taiwan's critical role in strengthening Indo-Pacific security through strategic alliances, innovative defence logistics, and maritime stability. Delving into the dynamic contributions of the private sector, the discussion highlights how Taiwan’s unparalleled expertise in healthcare and technology can be leveraged to reinforce allied partnerships and operational resilienc...
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November 13, 2024 • 21 mins
Today we delve into the strategic complexities of securing the vast Indo-Pacific region, discussing the naval challenges posed by extensive blue waters and limited naval assets.
Discover how allied cooperation, including initiatives like AUKUS, and private sector involvement are crucial in safeguarding vital trade routes that carry over 60% of the world's commerce. The conversation sheds light on the evolving roles of navies and coa...
Discover how allied cooperation, including initiatives like AUKUS, and private sector involvement are crucial in safeguarding vital trade routes that carry over 60% of the world's commerce. The conversation sheds light on the evolving roles of navies and coa...
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