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Top End Land Grab

Source: Landline
Published: Friday, November 21, 2008 11:15 AEDT
Expires: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:15 AEDT

Across the Northern Territory there is a virtual land grab for top end cattle stations. Tipperary in the Daly River region, south-west of Darwin is located in the midst of an environmentally important area, where land clearing and development has been put on hold by the Northern Territory Government until 2010. However the sale of Tipperary has reignited debate over how this vast tract of land should be managed, not just for farming but for all Australians.

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Tags: business-economics-and-finance, environment, conservation, land-clearing, government-and-politics, rural, australia, nt, daly-river-0822

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