Pine Gap mystery spreads to golf club

Key points

• A journalist attempted to attend a Boeing careers evening at a golf club in Alice Springs, which was later revealed to be restricted to Australian citizens with government security clearances.
• The event is linked to a 10-year Boeing program in the town, with recruitment handled by Shadowgate Partners.
• The company specialises in placing cleared professionals in intelligence, defence, and space programs, hinting at a connection to Pine Gap, a secretive joint Australian-US defence facility.