Ed welcomes Australia’s former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who led the country between 2015 and 2018. Turnbull was already a successful tech investor before he became PM, and like Ed, had also served as his country's tech minister. Their discussion covers a fascinating array of timely topics, including: building broadband infrastructure, supporting the tech ecosystem, tech regulation and the role of China. Australia’s recent passage of a first-of-its-kind law that requires Google and Facebook to pay for news content on their sites is also high on their agenda for discussion. There’s lots of talk about some of the exciting start-ups that Malcolm is investing in, as well as frank insights about why the UK has been able to manage messaging around climate change better than either the US or Australia.

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