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Australia plans to sell off defence land to developers – but could it deliver homes instead?

  • Written by Katherine Sundermann, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design, Monash University
Australia plans to sell off defence land to developers – but could it deliver homes instead?The St Kilda training depot in Melbourne, one of the Defence Department sites earmarked for sale.Defence Department

The federal government plans to sell A$3 billion of Department of Defence properties on prime land across Australia, including Paddington in Sydney, St Kilda in Melbourne and Victoria Barracks in Brisbane.

The sales may help the...

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