Media Appearances & Commentary

A comprehensive log of media commentary, TV interviews, radio broadcasts, and print analysis by Dr Andrew Cullen on Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Data Governance.

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Print & OnlineJuly 2026The Conversation

Australian musicians hate AI using their songs, but have little legal protection

Authored piece analysing AI training data transparency, copyright governance, and how Australian creative industries can establish fair remuneration frameworks. Republished or quoted from in Artshub, the University of Melbourne, the True North Newsletter, TechXplore. Within 1 week the article had over 7,000 unique readers on The Conversation.

Live RadioJuly 2026ABC Radio (South Australia)

Why does AI want to listen to your favourite artists music?

Interview on how Australian musicians feel about the current copyright regime and its intersections with AI, as well as a broader discussion on how AI works.

Live RadioJuly 2026ABC Radio (Brisbane 612)

Who's stealing sons?

Interview on AI, copyright, and artists rights.

Live RadioJuly 2026ABC Radio (Darwin)

The Aussie Music Heist

Interview on AI, copyright, and artists rights.

Print & OnlineJuly 2026News.com.au, The Sydney Morning Herald, and the Herald Sun

DJ behind Australia’s most-played song faces claims he used artificial intelligence

Interview and providing the majority of background material on an article on Australia's #1 song (at the time), covering concerns regarding how much AI was involved in creating the song, and more broadly how the music royalties system works.

Live RadioJuly 2026Triple J's Hack

The PM wants AI “the Australian way” - here’s what that means for musos, data centres and you

Live interview on the impacts of the Australian National AI strategy on musicians and cyber-safety

Prerecorded RadioJuly 2026The Wire

Challenges Ahead as Australia Navigates the AI Boom

Interview on a story covering AI in Australia, including the impact it is having on the creative sector. Interview was rebroadcast on community radio across the country through the Community Broadcasting Foundation, the Community Radio Network, and CAAMA Alice Springs.

Print & OnlineJuly 2026The Conversation

A cheap 15‑year‑old piece of hardware broke Telstra. It’s a wake‑up call for other businesses

Authored piece breaking down the impact of maintenance debt on Telstra, and why consumers nation wide were left with their phone calls unanswered due to Telstra loosing track of time. Republished on Yahoo.com, Artshub, and the University of Melbourne. Within 1 week of publication, the article had received over 35,000 unique readers on The Conversation.

Live RadioJuly 2026ABC Radio (South East South Australia)

What Happened To Telstra?

Interview on both Telstra's national outage, and local outages - covering the risks of privatisation, the difficulties of maintenance, and why it's so difficult for large corporations to justify preventative maintenance.

Live RadioJuly 20262SER

Telstra's Outage Explained

Interview on Telstra's national outage and corporate accounting of maintenance.

Print & OnlineJuly 2026Crikey

Telstra's National Outage was not just a hardware failure, but rather from a failure to invest in maintenance.

Authored piece breaking down the impact of maintenance debt on Telstra, and why consumers nation wide were left with their phone calls unanswered due to Telstra loosing track of time.

Prerecorded RadioJuly 2026ABC Radio AM (National)

AI's Impacts on Cybersecurity and Warfare

Discussion on Claude Mythos, Cybersecurity, AI safety, and the use of AI in both the Russia/Ukraine and Israel/Palestine conflicts.

Print & OnlineJune 2026The Conversation

Australia now has access to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos. It may improve cyber safety – but not for everyone

Authored piece analysing the impact of AI on Cybersecurity, and the ramifications of systems like Claude Mythos on both small and large businesses, and the public at large. Within 1 week of publication, the article had over 15,000 unique readers on The Conversation, and had been republished in several venues.

Live TV BroadcastJune 2026Sky News Australia

AI & the Australian Economy

Discussion on how tools like Claude Mythos will affect Cybersecurity, and, more broadly, how AI is affecting the Australian economy.

Panel DiscussionMay 2026Victorian Music Development Office (VMDO)

Music Tech Australia: Data, Discovery and the future of Australian Music

Convening a panel on the intersection between Australian music and tech with Merida Sussex (CEO of MetaGen and Stolen Records), Sophie Freeman (University of Melbourne), and Nick Thorpe (Live Music Locator).

Print & OnlineMarch 2026Railway Digest

Rail Safety in the Age of AI Enabled Cyberattacks

Interviewed on how the rail sector has prepared for the next 5 years of cybersecurity challenges.

Print & OnlineJanuary 2026Security Insider

Is it time for the security sector to hit Ctrl, Alt, Defend?

Interviewed on the impacts of AI on cybersecurity, and the level of readiness in the cybersecurity sector as a whole for the disruption that AI will bring.

Panel DiscussionJune 2025German Australian Chamber of Commerce

What's Next for Cybersecurity?

Panel discussion

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