August 2026

Dear Colleagues,

This month I attended the National Biodiversity Offsets Conference in Canberra, where government and industry came together to discuss the challenges facing biodiversity offset schemes across Australia and the emerging nature repair market.

One theme that stood out was the growing role of spatial technologies in how these markets are designed, monitored and assured. Spatial and remote sensing approaches have supported environmental monitoring in Australia for decades, from monitoring native vegetation clearing to more recent applications such as auditing Biodiversity Stewardship Agreements in NSW. Their role is now expanding into biodiversity site assessment, establishing ecological baselines, ongoing monitoring and compliance.

Regulatory frameworks are also beginning to recognise remote sensing as a legitimate part of offsets monitoring and assurance. As biodiversity and nature markets mature, I expect spatial technologies to become increasingly important in selecting sites, measuring change and demonstrating outcomes more frequently and cost-effectively. By the time the conference meets again in 2028, I expect spatial capability to be much more central to this conversation.

This is one example of a broader challenge we see across government and industry: organisations have access to more data than ever, but deriving trusted, actionable information from it remains difficult. Whether the task is improving environmental reporting, extracting new insights from Earth observation or strengthening the resilience of critical infrastructure, the challenge is increasingly about bringing the right data together and turning it into evidence that can support decisions. This edition of our newsletter explores how FrontierSI is helping address that challenge.

In the environment sector, we examine how advances in Earth observation, AI and digital twins are enabling a shift from periodic reporting to continuous environmental intelligence. Through projects such as Nature’s Digital Twin, we are demonstrating how trusted, integrated data can better support governments and environmental managers as policy and reporting expectations continue to evolve.

We also explore emerging opportunities in the resources sector, where hyperspectral Earth observation and AI are opening new possibilities for mineral exploration and environmental monitoring. As the volume and sophistication of spatial data continues to grow, the ability to transform that information into practical, decision-ready insights will become an increasingly important capability.

Finally, in the positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) sector, recent events such as the Telstra outage have reinforced the importance of resilience, testing and independent assurance. This edition highlights our latest research on GNSS spoofing detection, smartphone positioning performance and our vision for a nationally coordinated approach to PNT governance as Australia works to strengthen the systems that underpin critical infrastructure. Importantly, FrontierSI now has clearance from the Australian Communications & Media Authority to conduct controlled interference testing to validate PNT technologies in representative operating environments.

The opportunities ahead are significant and FrontierSI remains focused on turning innovation into practical solutions that help organisations make better decisions and deliver lasting impact.

I hope you enjoy this edition and, as always, welcome your feedback.

You can read it HERE.

Graeme Kernich
CEO