Farmers fear they could lose their properties for Singapore Army training base
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RR Phantom
Location : Wasted Space Job/hobbies : Cayman Islands Actuary
Subject: Farmers fear they could lose their properties for Singapore Army training base Sat Dec 03, 2016 5:46 pm
Properties granted to World War II veterans are among 150,000 hectares of farmland in northern Queensland that the Defence Department has earmarked for acquisition to allow Singaporean soldiers more room to train on Australian soil.
A group of 23 families who stand to lose their grazing properties have accused Defence of conducting a domestic "invasion" and a "land grab" on behalf of Singapore and say they will not sell.