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Selling Our Barracks Is Not a Defence Strategy – It’s Surrender

The sale of 68 Defence properties aims to raise up to $3 billion to fund military capability upgrades while critics warn of long-term heritage and strategic losses.

Summary by Sydney Morning Herald
We treat public assets like disposable items on a balance sheet rather than strategic holdings accumulated over generations.

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Selling our barracks is not a defence strategy – it’s surrender

We treat public assets like disposable items on a balance sheet rather than strategic holdings accumulated over generations.

·Sydney, Australia
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Golf courses, barracks and museums: what Defence is selling off in Victoria

More than a dozen Defence sites across the state will be divested to raise tens of millions of dollars, but question marks remain over what will take their place.

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ABC Australia broke the news in Australia on Wednesday, February 4, 2026.
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