Nerd and Normal | How Technology Is Being Used To Keep Us Safe

This week Gareth and Matthew look into the use of technology police and other emergency services use to help keep us safe.
They are joined by David Elliott who has served in NSW parliament as Minister for Transport, Minister for Veterans, Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Minister for Counter Terrorism, Minister for Corrections and Minister for Emergency Services between 2015 and 2023.
Sources for the articles shown.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/12/asio-accuses-chinese-hackers-of-seeking-access-to-australias-criticial-infrastructure

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/11/is-london-in-the-grip-of-a-wave-its-not-so-simple

https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/news-and-media/ministerial-media-releases/further-$268.2-million-responding-to-nsw-bushfire-inquiry-recommendations

https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nsw-lockdown-on-drone-use-around-prisons-515532

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/01/dutch-netherlands-police-birds-unauthorized-drones

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-17/khayat-brothers-jailed-over-failed-etihad-plane-bomb-plot/11805518

https://statescoop.com/new-gun-detection-system-uses-wi-fi-to-sense-concealed-weapons/
Matthew also looks into the issue mobile phone coverage and the safety and life threatening issues that have arisen since the 3G mobile phone shut down in November 2024