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Darwin Port: leaving a key strategic asset in Chinese hands is unfinished business

Darwin Port: leaving a key strategic asset in Chinese hands is unfinished business

by Peter Jennings | Oct 24, 2023 | China, Strategy & Capability

Yet another review has defended the absurd 2015 Northern Territory decision to lease the Port of Darwin to a Chinese company for 99 years. The lease continues to dog successive federal governments and is undermining defence planning. Just weeks into replacing Tony...

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