2017 February 6
Defence Acquisitions, Marlborough – Cost and Benefit analysis of the beef industry
The benefit promoted for the Rockhampton region is the injection of $1 billion under the agreement in the Singapore Australian Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. This document compares that benefit to the cost of the permanent loss of a 60,000 head cattle herd in the area near Marlborough sought to be compulsory acquired by the Defence Force.