Tech entrepreneur and veteran Steve Baxter warned that Australia’s current defence budget is failing to keep pace with global instability and the high cost of nuclear submarines.

He revealed why a billion-dollar boost for local “sovereign” tech, from Geelong-made autopilots to secret space cameras, is the only way the nation can truly protect itself.

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