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At what point does a witness with power stop being merely a witness?

If Australia wants EV adoption to move beyond households with driveways, apartment charging cannot remain an afterthought. It has to become part of the basic infrastructure of shared living.

As artificial intelligence makes daily life feel increasingly automated, hospitality may become a more compelling investment proposition.

Convincing people to buy electric vehicles was yesterday’s mission. Today, the task is building a scalable system that can support mass EV adoption and prepare Australia for the next transport shift: autonomous mobility.

Vehicle-to-grid could turn EVs from passive electricity consumers into grid-supporting assets – but only if the infrastructure is ready.

We have homes that are too large for ageing people, not enough homes for working people, and a social gap where loneliness grows as community thins.

Land lease does not fail because the asset class is weak. It fails when developers mistake a good spreadsheet for a good community.

Land lease is being transformed into a recognised living-sector asset class and attracting interest from both domestic and global capital.

A consequence few predicted, AI destroys the value of content abundance and increases the value of trusted verification.

AI is widely treated as a complex technical challenge – but most obstructions are organisational. What leaders interpret as capability gaps is often unfamiliarity, disguised as caution.

Originally posted on FCON26 Summit on March 20th, 2026 Construction didn’t fail at digital transformation. It failed at aligning incentives. Construction invested heavily in digital tools that promised visibility, control, and acceleration. Yet more than a decade into digitisation, projects still overrun, handovers are messy, data is fragmented, and decision making is complicated. Optimising for speed and task efficiency, the industry failed to prioritise decision quality and

Shopping centres have long operated on a simple assumption: build attractive spaces, lease to strong brands, and footfall will follow. Will this work in an autonomous world?