A half-billion-dollar cash injection for the Tindal RAAF base in the Northern Territory over the next 10 years would provide a boost to the town of Katherine but overstretch the local council financially, according to mayor Fay Miller. The council had been negotiating a lease with the Australian Defence Force for the shared civilian part of the airport. But Ms Miller said the widening and lengthening of the airstrip would make it too expensive for the council to maintain.
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