One of Anthony Albanese’s biggest achievements as Australia’s leader has been repairing economic ties with China. But the prime minister is now seeking to undo one contentious link with his country’s biggest trading partner: ownership of the strategic Darwin Port.
Albanese, speaking before he was re-elected in May, said his party had opposed the 2015 decision by the Northern Territory regional government to “flog off” the port to Chinese shipping company Landbridge under a A$504mn ($333mn), 99-year lease.
“Obviously we live in an uncertain world at the moment, the idea that you would have the major port in northern Australia owned by any foreign interest is not in Australia’s national interest,” he said.
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