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Daily Cuts - S1E304: Facing a rising China, Australia plans a defence overhaul

Against the backdrop of a rising China, Australia is planning its biggest defence overhaul since the Second World War, following a defence review. To find out more about how the country seeks to project military power further from its shores, CNA938's Arnold Gay and Justine Moss speak with Emeritus Professor Paul Dibb from the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University. Professor Dibb is also a former Deputy Secretary of Defence in Australia and a former director of its Defence Intelligence Organisation.

 

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Daily Cuts - S1E351: Drop your anchors, green financing is here to stay.

Set the sails towards more sustainable maritime practices! The maritime sector inevitably produces significant pollution at work and green financing seeks to gradually tackle this. CNA's Stanley Leong finds out more from Heng Chih Chwen, Head of Maritime Research and Decarbonisation at Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore).

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Daily Cuts - S1E350: Warnings from the 'godfather of AI'

Dr Geoffrey Hinton, known as the 'godfather of AI', has quit Google. He was behind Google’s AI technology and his research led the way for current systems like ChatGPT. Dr Hinton says he quit so that he could speak freely about the dangers of AI and even regrets his contribution to the field. To unpack Dr Hinton's concerns, CNA938's Arnold Gay and Justine Moss speak with Ong Kok-Leong, Director, Enterprise AI and Data Analytics Hub, RMIT University.

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Daily Cuts - S1E349: Putting naval defence and maritime security on show

The Asia Pacific’s leading naval defence and maritime security show is back after four years. IMDEX Asia 2023 features warship displays, conferences, and more. CNA938's Arnold Gay and Justine Moss speak with Ridzwan Rahmat, Principal Defence Analyst at Janes, to find out more about the show and the backdrop against which it takes place.

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Daily Cuts - S1E348: Australia's latest move against e-cigarettes

Australia will move to ban recreational vaping, its latest move against e-cigarettes. To find out more about the problem of vaping in Australia and the implications of this ban, CNA938's Arnold Gay and Justine Moss speak with Becky Freeman, Associate Professor at The University of Sydney's School of Public Health.

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Daily Cuts - S1E347: Keeping up with the ESGs: SME Edition

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up the big giants of businesses globally, but fall behind on Environmental, Social, and Governance strategies (ESG). CNA's Stanley Leong discusses possible challenges and helpful tools to kickstart this, with Shaun Tan, Programme Director of The FinLab - an innovation accelerator by UOB that specialises in SME sustainability and digitalisation.

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