Fairbairn Golf Club recruits MPs in bid to save course from closure in Defence sell-off

Key points

• Fairbairn Golf Club in Canberra is campaigning to stay open after the Commonwealth listed its 65-hectare Defence-owned course among 68 properties for sale. The club recently signed a five-year lease, and club president Brian Depree says the Finance Department has had little contact with it.
• Depree has met most ACT MPs and senators, who he says were sympathetic, though Finance Minister Katy Gallagher faces a conflict because she will make the final decision.
• He has given Finance six options to keep the course in community use, including a purchase backed by Golf NSW.