Buster probably has the best idea.
Mind you, it'd be cheaper to give the Yanks a base in the Top end (new Subic Bay?) & let them worry about the Flankers!
They can have Learmonth and it's money we don't need to spend.
Really, why don't we do this??
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And Darwin/ Katherine become whore and drug houses like Angeles City.
Might offer some of the local population some gainful employment. The locals will never be as "friendly" as the Phillipinos...