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buy back the farmAustralian / NZ Retrieve the capital assets of a country from foreign ownership: a government guarantee that in some areas we will buy back the farm...- It goes pretty thoroughly through the loans affair, buying back the farm, and other threats to national security.
- He attempted to buy back the farm from foreign miners and get a bigger share of the profits for Australia.
- There it was discussed that the attempt to "buy back the farm" was prompted by the amount of mineral wealth being dug out and exported by mining companies.
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