Tassie too broke for Tobruk

By Hamish Geale
Updated April 19 2016 - 2:10pm, first published April 13 2016 - 3:30pm
DIVE PLAN SCUTTLED: Tasmania may have been priced out of the market for HMAS Tobruk after it was announced  the ship's new owner would have to pay for its preparation as a dive wreck.
DIVE PLAN SCUTTLED: Tasmania may have been priced out of the market for HMAS Tobruk after it was announced the ship's new owner would have to pay for its preparation as a dive wreck.

Supporters of Skeleton Bay’s bid for HMAS Tobruk have cried foul on federal government plans to offer the ship to states and territories at their own expense, amid fears Tasmania may have been priced out of contention for the former Navy vessel. 

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