Australia PM says working on plan for Chinese company to sell Darwin port to 'Australian hands'

Simona Vlad

SYDNEY: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday (Apr 4) his government was working on a plan for Australian superannuation firms to buy the strategically located Darwin port from its Chinese owner on national interest grounds. Then US President Barack Obama criticised the sale of the commercial port on a 99-year lease to Chinese company Landbridge in 2015. Around 2,000 US Marines exercise for six months of the year in the northern city. "We want it to be in Australian hands," Albanese

din zilele anterioare