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Defence spokesman welcomes troops to Townsville

27 December, 2012Shadow spokesman on Defence and Defence Support Senator Ian Macdonald today welcomed troops and their family from the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, who will be relocating from Sydney to Townsville over the next two months.
“Welcome to Townsville, Australia’s pre-eminent defence centre,” said Sen. Macdonald.
“The people of Townsville and North Queensland are proud to embrace the men and women of our defence forces – they are an important part of our social and economic structure.”
Sen. Macdonald also welcomed home the 70 defence personnel who arrived at Townsville Airport last week after their tour of duty in Afghanistan.
“Many of our servicemen and women celebrated Christmas thousands of kilometres from their loved ones.
“We should not forget them and the sacrifices they make at this time of year,” he said.

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