Defence Minister Richard Marles received a sweeping audit of Defence property last December and planned to release a response in the middle of this year. Defence Defence eyes off prime military sites in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane for revenue ‘sugar hit’ In response to a question in September from independent MP Rebekha Sharkie about the possible sale of Adelaide’s historic Woodside Barracks, Marles told parliament: “We need to be ensuring that all the implications in relation to personnel associated with the thorough review of our Defence estate are completely worked through, and that will take some months to do.