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Community information session

Defence held an information session on 20 May 2026 to engage with the community on the Defence Audit and divestment of Woodside Barracks. Community members shared valuable local insights and feedback with Defence. This feedback will help inform transition planning and next steps.

Functions

Warradale Barracks is located approximately 11km south of Adelaide central business district. The site contains maintenance areas, workshops, fuel store, and administration, training, logistics and distribution facilities. This site will be partially divested to retain the critical capability, with the exact portions to be finalised through the divestment process.

This site serves as office space, storage, logistics and distribution base for Army Reserves.

Community information session

Defence held an information session on 21 May 2026 to engage with the community on the Defence Audit and divestment of Hampstead Barracks. Community members shared valuable local insights and feedback with Defence. This feedback will help inform transition planning and next steps.

Community information session

Defence held an information session on 21 May 2026 to engage with the community on the Defence Audit and divestment of Edinburgh Parks. Community members shared valuable local insights and feedback with Defence. This feedback will help inform transition planning and next steps.

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About the base

Metropolitan Adelaide and Regional Sites (MARS) is a multi-site base. MARS headquarters is located at Keswick Barracks, on the south-west edge of the Adelaide central business district.

The MARS footprint comprises approximately 29 Defence sites located across South Australia and Broken Hill. These include major sites of:

About the base

The precinct is a key national defence research and intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance hub. It is primarily home to the Air Warfare Centre, and No 92 Wing's AP-3C Orion and P-8A Poseidon aircraft which conduct surveillance operations throughout Australia's airspace.

The precinct's major sites consist of:

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