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Farid Farid

'Oldest wine cellar': shots fired over barracks sale

The plan to sell Sydney's historic Victoria Barracks has sparked a brouhaha. (Jessica Hromas/AAP PHOTOS)

The defence minister has fired a warning shot at critics of a plan to sell a historic military barracks, painting the site as a glorified wine cellar that wouldn't help prevent an attack on Australia.

Some 67 military properties are slated to be sold off by the Labor government to raise funds, including Sydney's Victoria Barracks - a complex established in 1840.

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