澳大利亚国防地产审计首次进展更新：67处拟剥离地产中11处已移交财政部，悉尼与墨尔本维多利亚兵营等4处历史地点保留公有
澳大利亚政府11月8日发布独立「国防地产审计」的首次重要进展更新。政府此前已同意剥离或部分剥离67处地产，审计认定这些地产未被国防部充分利用、不合用途且维护成本高昂。国防部现已将其中11处移交财政部作剥离处理，其余地产正推进移交。
总理安东尼·阿尔巴尼斯（Anthony Albanese）与副总理兼国防部长理查德·马尔斯（Richard Marles）同时宣布，四处历史军事地点将保留在公有手中，不列入出售：悉尼的维多利亚兵营（建于1841至1848年间的砂岩建筑群）、墨尔本的维多利亚兵营、昆斯克利夫堡（Fort Queenscliff）以及位于波因特库克的威廉姆斯皇家空军基地（RAAF Williams – Point Cook）。政府称，这四处地点对国家、现役与退役军人意义深远。
此次修订后的安排还包括，将北领地斯托克斯山燃料设施整处移交归还拉腊基亚原住民，该设施南部是登记在册的原住民圣地；悉尼莫斯曼的企鹅号基地（HMAS Penguin）部分用地（Angophora 森林）将移交悉尼港联邦信托管理。
澳大利亚政府称，这是该国历史上对国防地产规模最大的改革，源于独立审计提出的出售或部分出售67处地产的方案；审计阶段的独立评估曾估计，出售收入可达18亿至30亿澳元，用于军事升级。本次更新未改变其余地产的剥离方向。
（来源：澳大利亚国防部长办公室）
Australia Gives First Defence Estate Audit Update: 11 of 67 Divestment Sites Transferred to Finance, as Victoria Barracks in Sydney and Melbourne and Two Other Historic Sites Stay in Public Ownership
The Australian Government on November 8 provided the first significant update to the independent Defence Estate Audit, described as the most significant reform to Australia's defence estate in the nation's history. In response to the audit, the government had agreed to divest or partially divest 67 sites that were underutilised by Defence, not fit-for-purpose, and costly to maintain. Defence has now transferred 11 sites to the Department of Finance for divestment, and the remaining sites are progressing towards transfer, the Defence Ministers' office said.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles announced that four historic military sites will be retained in public ownership: Victoria Barracks in Sydney, a sandstone complex built between 1841 and 1848; Victoria Barracks in Melbourne; Fort Queenscliff in Victoria; and RAAF Williams at Point Cook in Victoria. The government said the four sites hold deep significance for the nation and for current and former Australian Defence Force members.
The revised approach also includes transferring the Stokes Hill Fuel Installation in the Northern Territory back to the Larrakia people, the traditional owners of the land; the southern portion of the site is a registered sacred site. Part of HMAS Penguin in Mosman, Sydney, comprising the Angophora Forest, will be transferred to the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust.
The broader divestment plan followed an independent review that projected $1.8–$3 billion in proceeds for military upgrades. The November 8 update did not change the divestment direction for the remaining sites.
(Source: Office of the Australian Minister for Defence)
来源：澳大利亚国防部长办公室
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图片来源：图：悉尼 Paddington 的维多利亚兵营主楼（资料图）。Nick-D 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The main barracks block of Victoria Barracks in Paddington, Sydney (file photo). Photo by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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