Fortune Agribusiness

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Fortune Agribusiness Funds Management Pty Ltd
Fortune Agribusiness (FortuneAgri)
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Peter Wood, Chairman

Fortune Agribusiness is an agriculture business headquarterd in Melbourne, Australia.

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Singleton Horticulture Project

It purchased Singleton Station, a 294,900 hectare pastoral lease, located 400 kilometres north of Alice Springs, near the community of Ali Curung, in 2015. [1] In addition to the pastoral operation, Fortune Agribusiness is proposing to create a large-scale fruit farm that it estimates to provide an economic benefit worth about $100 million a year, along with 110 permanent and 1,350 seasonal jobs, although those number have been disputed. [2]

It was granted a free 30-year licence to extract up to 40,000 megalitres of groundwater a year from aquifers under the station by the Northern Territory Government in 2019, the largest ever grant of its kind. This approval involved changed to NT water legislation. [3] The project has facing community opposition including from Traditional Owners, resulting in legal action. [4] [5]

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References

  1. Government, Northern Territory (2023-02-28). "Singleton Horticulture Project". depws.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  2. "Traditional owners' court challenge against NT Government over Singleton Station water licence to be heard this week". NT Independent. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  3. "'This stinks': Emails reveal covert plan to allow the NT's largest ever groundwater extraction licence". ABC News. 2021-11-10. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  4. Allam, Lorena (2022-07-12). "NT decision to grant biggest ever water licence labelled 'extraordinary' giveaway". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  5. Wahlquist, Calla (2022-02-16). "Traditional owners launch legal challenge against NT's largest groundwater extraction licence". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2023-12-16.