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The Albanese Government has announced the sale of 67 ADF sites across Australia.

While some sites might be suitable for sale, among them are irreplaceable pieces of our national story. Once sold, they are gone forever.

I am launching an ambitious campaign aimed at forcing the government to rethink the sale of important heritage defence sites, and I need you standing with me.

Labor says these sales are about modernising our defence estate. But the truth is this is about plugging holes in an inadequate defence budget that Labor refuses to fund properly.

The RSL has called for a rethink. Heritage bodies are sounding the alarm. And I am fighting this in the Senate, in the media, and in the community.

But I cannot do it without your support. Please sign the petition and encourage your friends and family to join us in this fight.

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🏛️ VICTORIA BARRACKS MELBOURNE
‍Built from bluestone in the 1850s to house British imperial troops, this St Kilda Road landmark served as the headquarters of the Department of Defence from Federation until 1958. During World War II, it housed Australia's War Cabinet — the room where Prime Ministers Menzies and Curtin made decisions that shaped the fate of our nation.
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🏛️ VICTORIA BARRACKS SYDNEY‍
‍Established in 1840 and constructed from Hawkesbury sandstone by convict labourers and skilled tradesmen, this Paddington landmark has been in continuous military use for 185 years. Listed on the Commonwealth Heritage List, it contains one of the most important collections of Georgian military buildings in Australia, and has served as the home of Forces Command for generations.

🏛️ FORT QUEENSCLIFF‍‍
Perched on Shortland's Bluff at the entrance to Port Phillip Bay, Fort Queenscliff has stood guard over the sea lanes into Melbourne since 1860. It is one of the largest and best-preserved 19th century coastal artillery forts in Australia.

🏛️ LANCER BARRACKS
Lancer Barracks was completed in 1820 on the orders of Governor Lachlan Macquarie, and home to the Lancers since 1897. Historic buildings of sandstone brick and of Georgian design are part of what makes up the oldest continuously used military barracks on the Australian mainland.

🏛️HMAS CEREBUS (Partial Divestment)
Established in 1920, this site represents the chief Navy training facility, and is home to multiple training schools. This is the training ground for around 6,000 personnel across the Navy, and also the Army and Air Force. Important land around this base is planned for divestment.

🏛️HMAS PENGUIN
HMAS Penguin is a 16.6-hectare naval base in the suburb of Balmoral on Middle Head, Sydney Harbour. Commissioned in 1942 and part of Navy Fleet Command, it maintains approximately 350 personnel as the Navy's centre for diver training and underwater medicine, and was once home to the navy's principal medical facility, Balmoral Naval Hospital.‍

🏛️LEEUWIN BARRACKS
Leeuwin Barracks supports personnel from all three branches of the military in the Fremantle area, with the next closest depot, Palmer Barracks, 40 minutes way in traffic. It sits on 14 hectares of riverfront land on the Swan River in East Fremantle, and was commissioned into the RAN on 1 August 1940 as the naval depot for Fremantle before being handed to the Army as Leeuwin Barracks in 1986.

🏛️IRWIN BARRACKS

Together with Leeuwin, Irwin Barracks is home to the vast majority of WA's Army units. It is a critical operational facility, and is the Army's main Reserve site in Western Australia, sitting on 61.5 hectares in the Perth suburb of Karrakatta and in use since December 1948.

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