Labor calls for Darwin Port to be reclaimed from Chinese company | Sky News Australia

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Labor MP Nick Champion is urging the Morrison government to take a “prudent step” and nationalise Darwin Port which is currently being leased by a Chinese-affiliated company.

In 2015, the Northern Territory government announced it had awarded Chinese company Landbridge a 99-year lease of Darwin Port for $500 million. Mr Champion says the government used a “narrow, commercial lense” when making its decision to lease the port.

The Labor backbencher told Sky News that despite China's reservations, it’s “sensible now we have a deteriorating international environment to take this port into national hands”. The government says it has no plans to buy the port back, but One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson has expressed “grave concerns” about China's growing influence in the Pacific. “One day they’d love to have their hands on Australian, and they’re slowly taking it not by stealth but by cunning,” she said.

 

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Libs wanted to sell off our electrical grid. SA libs sold part of their network to China. And where is PHON on this ? Supporting the liberals.

Yes

Yep get it back and pay fair compensation .. total embarrassment

They have leased other Asussie ports too, in WA & a few up the east coast.

Skynews have spat the dummy, no more videos from them on twitter according to Chris Kenny, oh well life moves on.

Yep, very bad decision by CLP. Just goes to show how States and Territories can undermine our national security.We are a laughing stock. Get it back!!..Please...

The more these fools call out china being an evil nation the more chance they will destroy us. Wish these idiots leave them alone then they will never be a threat. Stop pushing our country to have enemy's

Totally support this. China is a national security issue. They are an existential threat to our sovereignty.

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