A 99-year lease on the Port of Darwin held by a Chinese company won’t be scrapped after a federal government review found it was “not necessary” to do so.
The review’s findings come just weeks before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to travel to Beijing to meet with his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping.
The review, carried out by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, found monitoring mechanisms were “sufficient” and “robust” regulatory systems existed to manage any risks to critical infrastructure.“As a result, it was not necessary to vary or cancel the lease,” the department said in a statement released on Friday afternoon.
“The review considered the findings and outcomes of these previous assessments as well as considering whether risk management and mitigation arrangements are sufficient to protect Australia’s national security interests relating to the port.”Victorian Liberal senator James Paterson criticised the outcome, arguing Australians deserved greater transparency surrounding the decision.
“ deserve answers as to why the PM’s previous concern about this issue has now evaporated,” Senator Paterson wrote in a post on X.
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