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Tim Dornin

NT project to get $300m in free water

The Singleton project plans to grow crops including melons, grapes, mandarins, onions and avocados. (AAP)

A 3500-hectare fruit and vegetable project in the Northern Territory could get more than $300 million in water for free while its promised economic benefits have been overstated, a report has found.

Fortune Agribusiness says its Singleton Horticulture Project, about 1000 kilometres south of Darwin, will support more than 100 permanent jobs and more than 1300 seasonal positions through an annual operating expenditure of about $110 million.

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