Concerns over local impacts of Darwin US military base

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Later this week Prime Minister Julia Gillard and US president Barack Obama will officially announce plans to establishment of a permanent US marine base in Darwin. Already there’s debate raging about the foreign policy implications of such a move, but there are concerns that the potential impacts on the local community are being forgotten in the process.

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