
Rampart Talks
Rampart Talks is an Australian interview podcast hosted by Joe Aston, featuring exclusive conversations with prominent Australian business figures. Guests include billionaire James Packer, Tabcorp chief executive Gillon McLachlan, Afterpay co-founder Nick Molnar, and former Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci. The show is presented by RESOLVE Forensic, BHP, and Ray White Commercial.
Episodes

Lehrmann, Qantas and Star: The trials of Justice Michael Lee
This is just an excerpt. The full interview with MICHAEL LEE is available exclusively for Rampart subscribers - go to rampart.news to watch now.Justice Michael Lee has presided over some of the most important trials in recent Australian history: Bruce Lehrmann v Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson; Qantas' illegal sacking of 1,820 ground workers and the corporate regulator ASIC's ca

Qantas chair John Mullen on life after Alan Joyce and rebuilding the airline
This is just an excerpt. The full interview with JOHN MULLEN is available exclusively for Rampart subscribers - go to rampart.news to watch now.John Mullen is the chair of Qantas and one of Australia’s most respected business leaders.He took over as chair in February 2024 when the company was at a low ebb. Long time CEO Alan Joyce had resigned in disgrace the previous year and the company was broa

Todd Greenberg: The Fight to Future-Proof Australian Cricket
This is just an excerpt. The full interview with TODD GREENBERG is available exclusively for Rampart subscribers - go to rampart.news to watch now.Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg joins Rampart’s Joe Aston for a conversation about the future of the sport and his attempt to privatise the domestic T20 Big Bash League. Greenberg has been in sports administration for three decades, starting at th

Ruthie Rogers: From River Cafe to Podcast Queen
This is just an excerpt. The full interview with RUTHIE ROGERS is available exclusively for Rampart subscribers - go to rampart.news to watch now.American-British restaurant legend Ruthie Rogers is Joe Aston’s guest on this month’s Rampart Talks. She’s the owner of the River Cafe, a Michelin starred Italian restaurant on the banks of the River Thames in London, about halfway between Harrods and He

Rampart Talks: Hamish Douglass
This is just an excerpt. The full interview with HAMISH DOUGLASS is available exclusively for Rampart subscribers - go to rampart.news to watch now.The co-founder of Magellan Financial Group Hamish Douglass is Joe Aston's guest on this month's Rampart Talks interview series. In his first major interview since disappearing abruptly from public life in February 2022, Douglass speaks candidly

From Prison to an ASX IPO: Oliver Curtis and the Bet on Australia's AI Future
This is just an excerpt. The full interview with Oliver Curtis is available exclusively for Rampart subscribers - go to rampart.news to watch now.What happens when a man with everything to prove builds a company that Nvidia, Meta and Blackstone can't ignore?Oliver Curtis – a convicted insider trader and now aspiring ASX-listed company CEO – sits down with Joe Aston for one of the most candid c

Matt Comyn: Leading Australia’s Biggest Bank Through Crisis and AI Disruption
This is just an excerpt. The full interview with Matt Comyn is available exclusively for Rampart subscribers - go to rampart.news to watch now.Commonwealth Bank CEO Matt Comyn sits down for a candid conversation with Rampart’s Joe Aston. From the very restaurant where he landed his first CBA job in 1999, Comyn opens up about being the unlikely choice as CEO, his two days in the witness box at the

Nick Molnar: Building and Selling Afterpay for $39 Billion, and joining Block
This is just an excerpt. The full interview with Nick Molnar is available exclusively for Rampart subscribers - go to rampart.news to watch now.In this episode of Rampart Talks, Joe Aston sits down with Afterpay co-founder Nick Molnar in Los Angeles to discuss his remarkable journey from selling jewellery on eBay as a teenager to creating one of Australia's most successful tech exports.Molnar

Jayne Hrdlicka: From Virgin Australia CEO to Endeavour Group
This is just an excerpt. The full interview with Jayne Hrdlicka is available exclusively for Rampart subscribers - go to rampart.news to watch now.Former Jetstar and Virgin Australia CEO Jayne Hrdlicka has built a reputation as one of Australia's toughest corporate operators. Now she's taking on her biggest challenge yet: turning around the Endeavour Group, the $7 billion pokies and liquor

Brad Banducci: From Woolies chief to Ticketek CEO
This is Brad Banducci’s first major interview since that infamous "walkout" (a term he disputes) on Four Corners.Subscribe to Rampart to unlock the full hour-long interview.When Banducci took the helm of Woolies in 2016, the company was a market pariah following its disastrous foray into hardware via Masters. On his watch, Woolworths regained, and for many years maintained, its ascenda

Gillon McLachlan: From leading the AFL to Tabcorp
The full interview with Gil McLachlan is available exclusively for Rampart subscribers - go to rampart.news to watch now.In this second episode of Rampart Talks, Joe Aston sits down with Gil McLachlan, former CEO of the AFL and now chief executive at Tabcorp. The conversation is wide-ranging, covering his footy legacy, from his regrets over the handling of the Adam Goodes racism scandal to the blo

James Packer: From Media Mogul to an Actively Passive Investor
An interview series brought to you by Joe Aston. The full interview with James Packer is available exclusively for Rampart subscribers - go to rampart.news to watch now. In this first episode of the Rampart Talks series, Joe Aston sat down with James for a conversation that spans Crown, the Murdochs, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, mental health and his profound dislike of the former Victori

Rampart Talks: Trailer
Joe Aston sits down with some of Australia's most accomplished and fascinating business leaders, like billionaire James Packer, former AFL CEO turned Tabcorp boss Gil McLachlan, ex-Woolworths chief Brad Banducci, Afterpay co-founder Nick Molnar and more to be announced. If you want to know how money and power works in Australia - and what makes these leaders tick - you won't want to miss t
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