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Fortune Agribusiness' plans for massive water licence a risk to cultural sites, report finds

Traditional owners fear for the future of cultural values in the area surrounding Singleton Station. (ABC News: Samantha Jonscher)

The Central Land Council (CLC) is calling for the highest level of environmental scrutiny for a record-breaking Singleton Station water licence, after a report it commissioned found cultural and ceremonial values will "almost certainly" be damaged and sites diminished. 

Fortune Agribusiness (FA) plans to use the staged 40,000-megalitre licence to develop a nationally significant food bowl on 3,300 hectares of arid country south of Tennant Creek at Singleton Station.

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