Call to pump private capital into Defence tech system


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Governments must be more strategic with the $27 billion on offer to defence businesses in Australia, including opening up its new industry accelerator, according to a new report that says an an influx of private capital will also be needed.

The report by the United States Studies Centre published Friday urges government to use co-investment and better contracting to create a new “defence-finance-tech ecosystem” that leverages everyone from foreign defence …

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