Defence confirms no plan to expand training areas by force
Following consultation with local communities, businesses, representative groups and landholders, the Department of Defence today announced that Shoalwater Bay Training
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Backflip on compulsory land acquisitions
Minister for Defence Marise Payne today confirmed that Defence will only purchase land from willing sellers around Shoalwater Bay Training
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186 farms in Defence’s sights – Minister’s request for expediency ignored
Yesterday, CONTACT published a piece about how ‘dozens’ of farmers with property adjoining Defence training areas near Rockhampton and Townsville
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Minister confirms compulsory land acquisitions for Singapore training
On 13 October last year Defence Minister Marise Payne announced that she had signed a Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Military Training And
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Aussie and Singapore DefMins visit Townsville
Minister for Defence Marise Payne and her counterpart Singapore Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen visited Townsville and met with local
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Singapore Army set to invade Australia
The number of Singaporean Armed Forces training in Australia is set to take a massive jump after an MoU was signed
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Shaolwater Bay to get millions for armed drones
Shoalwater Bay Training Area will receive millions of dollars of upgrades in coming years, a large part of which is required
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Evidence links ration-pack biscuits to crazed kangaroos
Several years ago while on a grand tour of Shoalwater Bay, my chance to enjoy one of the world’s greatest
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