This Anzac Day, we owe our soldiers more than speeches and silence
When the solemn reflection is over, we must confront an uncomfortable truth: the Aussie Diggers have been let down too many times by a system that failed to bring the tools and technology needed to win.
Steve BaxterFounder and CEO of Beaten Zone Ventures
A tale of Aussie ingenuity from an earlier time of global upheaval offers a fitting parable for the geopolitical threats Australia confronts today.
Evelyn Owen was a military tech maverick from Wollongong and the brains behind the Owen gun. The impressively young entrepreneur designed his world-class weapon in the 1930s, only to be dismissed by top brass who viewed submachine guns as gangster fare, not tools for soldiers.
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Steve Baxter is the founder and CEO of Beaten Zone Ventures, a specialist defence technology venture capital firm.
