“If you cancel our lease, there will be consequences from the CCP” is precisely why we should never have entered into this lease to begin with.
Inb4 the usual army of apologists come in, just go ahead and answer the question as to if the Chinese would never in a million years lease their national critical infrastructure to us, why we should do the same for them?
heavyset-cheese on
CHINA ALWAYS WINS THE DEAL.
Brilliant-Gap8299 on
Imagine the CCP letting us lease one of their major ports – would never happen.
We need some real grown up politicians for once.
KingOfKingsOfKings01 on
Theyll try 2 somehow say albo is doing a bad job on this.
But the key thing to take away here is the liberal party is responsible for this being a concern in the first place.
Always the fucking liberal party and its army of “itll be right god will probably do armageddon by then anyway” future outlook.
Louiethefly on
Let’s demand a strategic port in China. Perhaps Hong Kong.
CoronavirusGoesViral on
Australia for sale!
actfatcat on
The NT gov spent the $500M in three years, leaving 96 years on the lease. Great work 👏
Spicespice11 on
Dont even worry about selling, take it back and move on. Das it mateeeee
2nd_Last_Thylacine on
Get Gina to build another, better port nearby. With better road access. Then rip up the old road to the leased port rendering it stranded…
Mobasa_is_hungry on
I love when the Liberal party keeps selling off our ports and roads to give us, uhhh, the highest paid tolls and less control for a states main port… hmmm. Something something Telstra too.
war-and-peace on
Atrocious reporting on this by the smh. But that’s just expected. Gina or some other rich fuck here wants to take control of the port after it has finally become profitable.
I’m with the Chinese government on this one.
>“Over the last 10 years, Landbridge has invested a lot,” he said. “Starting from last year, the Darwin port has stopped losing money and started to make money.
>“Suddenly we hear the government of Australia wants to take it back.
>“When you’re losing money, you lease it to foreign country company, and when it has started making money, you want to take it back. That’s not a way to do business.”
The port should never have been sold but when you do this shit, you’re going to be pissed off.
No_Neighborhood7614 on
Ahh yes, threatening us over our port. Nice.
cosmiccerulean on
So much talk about how immigrants are ruining Australia meanwhile politicians are literally selling of the country for what
Geopoliticsandbongs on
That’s what legislation is for…. You know, making sure a strategic rival doesn’t own the main port in a capital city!!!!
empowered676 on
How can any government do this
SnotRight on
Has anyone noticed how tiny and space constrained the bloody thing is?
Has anyone noticed that the strategic exports in Darwin have their own terminals?
Maybe the bloody thing needs a huge capital injection. Maybe our largest trading partner owning a small wharf might not be a problem. Maybe we need something bigger up there to make the north south rail line worth it, because at the moment, I don’t see a massive pile of containers and cranes up there.
Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle, Pt Kembla, Perth, Adelaide, Gladstone, Townsville, Port Headland, Karratha, Geraldton. That’s ports of consequence. You look at those ports and many of them have substantial ownership from consortiums of overseas investors.
Would you like a no sauce on your nothingburger?
Deathtocosplay on
Any government official involved in this should be done for treason
conh3 on
Sellers remorse. Boo hoo
fabulous_eyes1548 on
It’s a private company with a lease, why should it sell?
mrgrumpy82 on
Can’t we just raise the rent like every other landlord does? Sorry China-tenant we have expenses too you know!
Candid-Race-2412 on
Why should they china is our friend USA is not our friend
Droll_Highwire on
For those asking the obvious question: “How the fuck did Australia sell a piece of critical strategic State infrastructure, the Port of Darwin, to China?”.
The answer is the Liberal Party and Coalition.
The sale, through ideation (product of Country Liberal Party – the Coalition’s NT partner), tendering, bidder approval, review by the Foreign Investment Review Board etc all happened under the Liberal Federal Government between 2013-2020.
And Scomo had the gall to say “they [Darwin] didn’t tell us about it!” when asked directly:
Par for course for the party that views all public assets as cheap fodder for the private sector.
Danaeger on
Just refund the 500m and get them the fuck out.
Sharp_Equivalent_531 on
Andrew Robb is fucked, so is Adam Giles, both traitors
RaeseneAndu on
I firmly support the Australian government nationalising our major infrastructure and critical industries, I just think they should start with our mining industry and power infrastructure.
tulsym on
Its a shitty little port in a shitty little town. let them have it. Build another one nearby for less than the lease buyout cost if needed
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“If you cancel our lease, there will be consequences from the CCP” is precisely why we should never have entered into this lease to begin with.
Inb4 the usual army of apologists come in, just go ahead and answer the question as to if the Chinese would never in a million years lease their national critical infrastructure to us, why we should do the same for them?
CHINA ALWAYS WINS THE DEAL.
Imagine the CCP letting us lease one of their major ports – would never happen.
We need some real grown up politicians for once.
Theyll try 2 somehow say albo is doing a bad job on this.
But the key thing to take away here is the liberal party is responsible for this being a concern in the first place.
Always the fucking liberal party and its army of “itll be right god will probably do armageddon by then anyway” future outlook.
Let’s demand a strategic port in China. Perhaps Hong Kong.
Australia for sale!
The NT gov spent the $500M in three years, leaving 96 years on the lease. Great work 👏
Dont even worry about selling, take it back and move on. Das it mateeeee
Get Gina to build another, better port nearby. With better road access. Then rip up the old road to the leased port rendering it stranded…
I love when the Liberal party keeps selling off our ports and roads to give us, uhhh, the highest paid tolls and less control for a states main port… hmmm. Something something Telstra too.
Atrocious reporting on this by the smh. But that’s just expected. Gina or some other rich fuck here wants to take control of the port after it has finally become profitable.
I’m with the Chinese government on this one.
>“Over the last 10 years, Landbridge has invested a lot,” he said. “Starting from last year, the Darwin port has stopped losing money and started to make money.
>“Suddenly we hear the government of Australia wants to take it back.
>“When you’re losing money, you lease it to foreign country company, and when it has started making money, you want to take it back. That’s not a way to do business.”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/28/china-ambassador-xiao-qian-port-darwin-warning
The port should never have been sold but when you do this shit, you’re going to be pissed off.
Ahh yes, threatening us over our port. Nice.
So much talk about how immigrants are ruining Australia meanwhile politicians are literally selling of the country for what
That’s what legislation is for…. You know, making sure a strategic rival doesn’t own the main port in a capital city!!!!
How can any government do this
Has anyone noticed how tiny and space constrained the bloody thing is?
Has anyone noticed that the strategic exports in Darwin have their own terminals?
Maybe the bloody thing needs a huge capital injection. Maybe our largest trading partner owning a small wharf might not be a problem. Maybe we need something bigger up there to make the north south rail line worth it, because at the moment, I don’t see a massive pile of containers and cranes up there.
Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle, Pt Kembla, Perth, Adelaide, Gladstone, Townsville, Port Headland, Karratha, Geraldton. That’s ports of consequence. You look at those ports and many of them have substantial ownership from consortiums of overseas investors.
Would you like a no sauce on your nothingburger?
Any government official involved in this should be done for treason
Sellers remorse. Boo hoo
It’s a private company with a lease, why should it sell?
Can’t we just raise the rent like every other landlord does? Sorry China-tenant we have expenses too you know!
Why should they china is our friend USA is not our friend
For those asking the obvious question: “How the fuck did Australia sell a piece of critical strategic State infrastructure, the Port of Darwin, to China?”.
The answer is the Liberal Party and Coalition.
The sale, through ideation (product of Country Liberal Party – the Coalition’s NT partner), tendering, bidder approval, review by the Foreign Investment Review Board etc all happened under the Liberal Federal Government between 2013-2020.
And Scomo had the gall to say “they [Darwin] didn’t tell us about it!” when asked directly:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-12/why-did-northern-territory-sell-darwin-port-to-china-what-risk/10755720
Par for course for the party that views all public assets as cheap fodder for the private sector.
Just refund the 500m and get them the fuck out.
Andrew Robb is fucked, so is Adam Giles, both traitors
I firmly support the Australian government nationalising our major infrastructure and critical industries, I just think they should start with our mining industry and power infrastructure.
Its a shitty little port in a shitty little town. let them have it. Build another one nearby for less than the lease buyout cost if needed