Not to mention the LNP sold the 99 year lease for Port of Darwin to the Chinese .... inconvenient facts for Peter Dutton. #auspol
Peter Dutton still whining on about Chinese warships
He’s conveniently forgotten about his welcome of the Chinese warships that entered Sydney harbour while his party was in government!
#AusPol
He’s conveniently forgotten about his welcome of the Chinese warships that entered Sydney harbour while his party was in government!
#AusPol
March 4, 2025 at 6:44 AM
One might also ask why the government and cabinet, that Dutton was a part of, signed off on the lease in the first place?! #auspol #PortOfDarwin
April 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
One might also ask why the government and cabinet, that Dutton was a part of, signed off on the lease in the first place?! #auspol #PortOfDarwin
Excellent move by #Albo - buying back the lease on the Port of Darwin from the Chinese, the lease that the Liberals signed off on.
It's good for Australia, good for the NT, and good for National security.
#auspol #PortOfDarwin
It's good for Australia, good for the NT, and good for National security.
#auspol #PortOfDarwin
April 2, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Excellent move by #Albo - buying back the lease on the Port of Darwin from the Chinese, the lease that the Liberals signed off on.
It's good for Australia, good for the NT, and good for National security.
#auspol #PortOfDarwin
It's good for Australia, good for the NT, and good for National security.
#auspol #PortOfDarwin
October 4, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Why would Australia sell or lease the #PortOfDarwin to an entity associated with a government that is actively enacting trade restraints on Australia? #auspol #USPolitics #Trump
May 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Why would Australia sell or lease the #PortOfDarwin to an entity associated with a government that is actively enacting trade restraints on Australia? #auspol #USPolitics #Trump
@abcnewsbot.bsky.social
The Chief Minister of the NT keeps referring to the OPPOSITION as the federal government. This IS WRONG! Correct it please. #auspol Just remember that it was the Coalition that sold the #PortOfDarwin WHERE TF are our so_called journalists?
The Chief Minister of the NT keeps referring to the OPPOSITION as the federal government. This IS WRONG! Correct it please. #auspol Just remember that it was the Coalition that sold the #PortOfDarwin WHERE TF are our so_called journalists?
April 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
@abcnewsbot.bsky.social
The Chief Minister of the NT keeps referring to the OPPOSITION as the federal government. This IS WRONG! Correct it please. #auspol Just remember that it was the Coalition that sold the #PortOfDarwin WHERE TF are our so_called journalists?
The Chief Minister of the NT keeps referring to the OPPOSITION as the federal government. This IS WRONG! Correct it please. #auspol Just remember that it was the Coalition that sold the #PortOfDarwin WHERE TF are our so_called journalists?
Albanese declares Chinese-controlled Port of Darwin should ‘be in Australian hands’ #PortOfDarwin
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Albanese declares Chinese-controlled Port of Darwin should ‘be in Australian hands’
PM says two options on table: for an Australian-owned company to take control, or for port to return to being a government asset
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Albanese declares Chinese-controlled Port of Darwin should ‘be in Australian hands’ #PortOfDarwin
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
In exactly 89 years from today (Chinese) Landbridge Group’s 99 year lease over the Port of Darwin will end. During the election campaign @albomp.bsky.social said “Australia needs to own the Port of Darwin”. Hopefully my #FOI request, due soon, will shed light on what Govt is doing. #auspol
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
#LNP GAVE AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 ITS FIRST TRILLION DOLLAR #DEBT SOLD AUSTRALIA OUT TO COMMUNIST CHINA 🇨🇳
#MAGA PETER DUTTON IS AUSTRALIA’S TRUMP HE WE KISS 💋 DONALD’S ASS
#AUSPOL #PortOfDarwin
#LnpWeakOnChina #WeakOnTrump
#LnpFailedAustralia 🇦🇺
Dutton Will Help Rich Chinese Buy Homes In Australia #OzPoll
#MAGA PETER DUTTON IS AUSTRALIA’S TRUMP HE WE KISS 💋 DONALD’S ASS
#AUSPOL #PortOfDarwin
#LnpWeakOnChina #WeakOnTrump
#LnpFailedAustralia 🇦🇺
Dutton Will Help Rich Chinese Buy Homes In Australia #OzPoll
April 30, 2025 at 4:40 AM
#LNP GAVE AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 ITS FIRST TRILLION DOLLAR #DEBT SOLD AUSTRALIA OUT TO COMMUNIST CHINA 🇨🇳
#MAGA PETER DUTTON IS AUSTRALIA’S TRUMP HE WE KISS 💋 DONALD’S ASS
#AUSPOL #PortOfDarwin
#LnpWeakOnChina #WeakOnTrump
#LnpFailedAustralia 🇦🇺
Dutton Will Help Rich Chinese Buy Homes In Australia #OzPoll
#MAGA PETER DUTTON IS AUSTRALIA’S TRUMP HE WE KISS 💋 DONALD’S ASS
#AUSPOL #PortOfDarwin
#LnpWeakOnChina #WeakOnTrump
#LnpFailedAustralia 🇦🇺
Dutton Will Help Rich Chinese Buy Homes In Australia #OzPoll
Ardrossan Harbour Company Ltd is owned by Clydeport Ltd which is controlled by Peel Ports Investments Ltd of Liverpool and owned by Deutsche Trustee Company Ltd. It's a privately owned port which hasn't bothered to upgrade to take the new ferries. Despite at least 8 years warning
April 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
One might also ask why the government #LNP and its cabinet, that Dutton was a part of, signed off on the lease in the first place?! #auspol #PortOfDarwin
COMMUNIST #CHINA 🇨🇳 THREATS AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 OVER PLAN TO TAKE BACK THE PORT OF DARWIN
#ALP #LNP TAKE BACK THE PORT AS YOU PROMISED
COMMUNIST #CHINA 🇨🇳 THREATS AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺 OVER PLAN TO TAKE BACK THE PORT OF DARWIN
#ALP #LNP TAKE BACK THE PORT AS YOU PROMISED
May 29, 2025 at 5:56 AM
It was absolute madness that a previous #NorthernTerritory government handed control of the #PortofDarwin to Chinese #PLA affront known as #Landbridge
Previous federal governments should have overturned it, #Albanese GOV must now do so.
@guardianaustralia.bsky.social @dianedee.bsky.social #China
Previous federal governments should have overturned it, #Albanese GOV must now do so.
@guardianaustralia.bsky.social @dianedee.bsky.social #China
June 10, 2024 at 2:03 AM
It was absolute madness that a previous #NorthernTerritory government handed control of the #PortofDarwin to Chinese #PLA affront known as #Landbridge
Previous federal governments should have overturned it, #Albanese GOV must now do so.
@guardianaustralia.bsky.social @dianedee.bsky.social #China
Previous federal governments should have overturned it, #Albanese GOV must now do so.
@guardianaustralia.bsky.social @dianedee.bsky.social #China
#XiaoQian needs to be told by @albomp.bsky.social himself that his "passive threat" of #China 's regime intervening to stop Australia taking back control of #PortOfDarwin is a RED LINE that he must never cross again.
@latikambourke.com @crikey.com.au @brisbanetimes.bsky.social @dianedee.bsky.social
@latikambourke.com @crikey.com.au @brisbanetimes.bsky.social @dianedee.bsky.social
FUTURE OF PORT OF DARWIN IS NONE OF XIAO QIAN'S AND BEIJING'S BUSINESS
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/28/china-ambassador-xiao-qian-port-darwin-warning
timbadrick.blogspot.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:35 PM
#XiaoQian needs to be told by @albomp.bsky.social himself that his "passive threat" of #China 's regime intervening to stop Australia taking back control of #PortOfDarwin is a RED LINE that he must never cross again.
@latikambourke.com @crikey.com.au @brisbanetimes.bsky.social @dianedee.bsky.social
@latikambourke.com @crikey.com.au @brisbanetimes.bsky.social @dianedee.bsky.social
Why hasn’t the #Australian government taken back control of the PORT OF DARWIN from #Chinese ownership As promise during the election campaign. it should be owned by an Australian company in the national interest?
#PortOfDarwin WHY ?
#PortOfDarwin WHY ?
October 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Why hasn’t the #Australian government taken back control of the PORT OF DARWIN from #Chinese ownership As promise during the election campaign. it should be owned by an Australian company in the national interest?
#PortOfDarwin WHY ?
#PortOfDarwin WHY ?
" #Beijing' s pushback" which has undermined, and significantly nullified, the security agreement which Australia had previously reached with #Vanuatu should even convince the dickheads who think the #PortofDarwin lease to #China is a good idea that the Chinese are NOT to be trusted.
@crikey.com.au
@crikey.com.au
Australia eyes security pact with Fiji as pushback from Beijing undermines agreement with Vanuatu
Foreign minister Penny Wong visits Fiji this week to progress the security and economic agreement
www.theguardian.com
May 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
" #Beijing' s pushback" which has undermined, and significantly nullified, the security agreement which Australia had previously reached with #Vanuatu should even convince the dickheads who think the #PortofDarwin lease to #China is a good idea that the Chinese are NOT to be trusted.
@crikey.com.au
@crikey.com.au
#XiaoQian has a right as #China 's ambassador to Australia to state what he feels in the best interests of OZ/Chinese economic & diplomatic relations.
But he has NO RIGHT to lecture our government on matters that are Australia's sovereign right to determine - like the #PortOfDarwin.
@crikey.com.au
But he has NO RIGHT to lecture our government on matters that are Australia's sovereign right to determine - like the #PortOfDarwin.
@crikey.com.au
China’s ambassador warns Albanese reclaiming Port of Darwin will force Beijing to intervene
Xiao Qian hits out at Labor’s policy to force the Chinese-owned company Landbridge to sell its 99-year lease on the port
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:43 AM
#XiaoQian has a right as #China 's ambassador to Australia to state what he feels in the best interests of OZ/Chinese economic & diplomatic relations.
But he has NO RIGHT to lecture our government on matters that are Australia's sovereign right to determine - like the #PortOfDarwin.
@crikey.com.au
But he has NO RIGHT to lecture our government on matters that are Australia's sovereign right to determine - like the #PortOfDarwin.
@crikey.com.au
#Albanese has very right to tread very carefully with #XiJinping & #China on the issue of #Taiwan, and Australia's perceived military allegiance to the US in the event of China invading Taiwan, but Albo has no excuse to not very firmly state Australia's position to take back control of #PortofDarwin
July 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
#Albanese has very right to tread very carefully with #XiJinping & #China on the issue of #Taiwan, and Australia's perceived military allegiance to the US in the event of China invading Taiwan, but Albo has no excuse to not very firmly state Australia's position to take back control of #PortofDarwin
From the moment Chinese naval vessels very suspiciously, without warning, without any legitimate reason, decided to engage in "military exercises" inside Australia's maritime exclusive economic zone off the coast of NSW, it became "essential" for #China to be stripped of control of the #PortofDarwin
Australia's relationship with China scrutinised amid fiery debate on Port of Darwin
Australia's relationship with China was a key discussion point on the Federal Election campaign trail on Saturday amid a fiery debate over the Port of Darwin.
www.skynews.com.au
April 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
From the moment Chinese naval vessels very suspiciously, without warning, without any legitimate reason, decided to engage in "military exercises" inside Australia's maritime exclusive economic zone off the coast of NSW, it became "essential" for #China to be stripped of control of the #PortofDarwin
It's nothing new whatsoever about #China buying up huge parcels of agricultural land in Australia.
Call it a "silent invasion" without any war. China wants to take control of not only Australian farmland but also public infrastructure, like #PortofDarwin
@guardianaustralia.bsky.social #Landbridge
Call it a "silent invasion" without any war. China wants to take control of not only Australian farmland but also public infrastructure, like #PortofDarwin
@guardianaustralia.bsky.social #Landbridge
June 18, 2024 at 1:16 AM
It's nothing new whatsoever about #China buying up huge parcels of agricultural land in Australia.
Call it a "silent invasion" without any war. China wants to take control of not only Australian farmland but also public infrastructure, like #PortofDarwin
@guardianaustralia.bsky.social #Landbridge
Call it a "silent invasion" without any war. China wants to take control of not only Australian farmland but also public infrastructure, like #PortofDarwin
@guardianaustralia.bsky.social #Landbridge
How could the "national security advice", presumably from #ASIO, have ever determined & decreed that giving control of the #PortofDarwin, Australia's northern gateway, to #Landbridge, well known in 2015 to be a #PLA Chinese military affront, wasn't a massive, unacceptable security risk to Australia?
Dutton says advice on Darwin Port has changed since he was defence minister
Peter Dutton revealed he disagreed with advice he received as defence minister that there was no need to act on Darwin Port being leased to a Chinese-owned company, as he announced he would now return...
www.abc.net.au
April 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
How could the "national security advice", presumably from #ASIO, have ever determined & decreed that giving control of the #PortofDarwin, Australia's northern gateway, to #Landbridge, well known in 2015 to be a #PLA Chinese military affront, wasn't a massive, unacceptable security risk to Australia?
To #Flinders #ZoeMcKenzie worked with #AndrewRobb to make that 99yr lease of the #PortOfDarwin happen. He went on to an $800k p/a with the Chinese he sold to (quit right before Foreign Interference laws came into effect) while Ms. McKenzie moved on to trashing the #NBN (for my #LNP #Gamer friends)
April 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
To #Flinders #ZoeMcKenzie worked with #AndrewRobb to make that 99yr lease of the #PortOfDarwin happen. He went on to an $800k p/a with the Chinese he sold to (quit right before Foreign Interference laws came into effect) while Ms. McKenzie moved on to trashing the #NBN (for my #LNP #Gamer friends)
Former #NorthernTerritory Country Party treasurer, DAVE TOLLNER, the "mastermind" behind handing over the #PortofDarwin to #China for 99 years, is an idiot for thinking that it doesn't present a clear & present danger to Australia's national security.
It belongs in AUSSIE HANDS.
@latikambourke.com
It belongs in AUSSIE HANDS.
@latikambourke.com
Chinese company launches legal action over forced sale of Port of Darwin
Anthony Albanese pledged at the federal election that Labor would return the port to Australian hands, saying it necessary for national security.
www.abc.net.au
May 1, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Former #NorthernTerritory Country Party treasurer, DAVE TOLLNER, the "mastermind" behind handing over the #PortofDarwin to #China for 99 years, is an idiot for thinking that it doesn't present a clear & present danger to Australia's national security.
It belongs in AUSSIE HANDS.
@latikambourke.com
It belongs in AUSSIE HANDS.
@latikambourke.com
@albomp.bsky.social should make #Xi & China a ONE TIME OFFER:-
If #China ends its malicious threat to invade #Taiwan, ends its purge against democracy in #HongKong & allows for autonomous rule in #Tibet that it can retain control of the #PortofDarwin (for now).
@crikey.com.au @dianedee.bsky.social
If #China ends its malicious threat to invade #Taiwan, ends its purge against democracy in #HongKong & allows for autonomous rule in #Tibet that it can retain control of the #PortofDarwin (for now).
@crikey.com.au @dianedee.bsky.social
China warns Australia against taking back control of key port in Darwin
China's envoy says Beijing will 'take measures' to defend Chinese firm's interests if Canberra takes over Port Darwin.
www.aljazeera.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:40 AM
@albomp.bsky.social should make #Xi & China a ONE TIME OFFER:-
If #China ends its malicious threat to invade #Taiwan, ends its purge against democracy in #HongKong & allows for autonomous rule in #Tibet that it can retain control of the #PortofDarwin (for now).
@crikey.com.au @dianedee.bsky.social
If #China ends its malicious threat to invade #Taiwan, ends its purge against democracy in #HongKong & allows for autonomous rule in #Tibet that it can retain control of the #PortofDarwin (for now).
@crikey.com.au @dianedee.bsky.social
The #ASIO chief is only "reminding Australians of the obvious" with his warning about the espionage threat posed to business and critical infrastructure in Australia.
#Xi and the Chinese are "cunning as foxes.
It's a reminder of just how crazy the #PortofDarwin lease to #China is.
@crikey.com.au
#Xi and the Chinese are "cunning as foxes.
It's a reminder of just how crazy the #PortofDarwin lease to #China is.
@crikey.com.au
Spy chief warns of China espionage threat to business, critical infrastructure
ASIO director-general Mike Burgess urges businesses to protect their data to prepare for possible attacks from hostile states.
www.abc.net.au
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The #ASIO chief is only "reminding Australians of the obvious" with his warning about the espionage threat posed to business and critical infrastructure in Australia.
#Xi and the Chinese are "cunning as foxes.
It's a reminder of just how crazy the #PortofDarwin lease to #China is.
@crikey.com.au
#Xi and the Chinese are "cunning as foxes.
It's a reminder of just how crazy the #PortofDarwin lease to #China is.
@crikey.com.au
It's hard to disagree with anything #RichardMarles said. At least he is talking up the importance for all governments in the Indo- Pacific region to greatly increase investment in defence.
The #Albanese government must immediately nullify the #PortofDarwin lease to #China - before any further ado.
The #Albanese government must immediately nullify the #PortofDarwin lease to #China - before any further ado.
Richard Marles welcomes US commitment to Indo-Pacific in face of China’s military buildup
Speaking at Shangri-La Dialogue, defence minister urges regional nations to contribute to security amid concerns around ‘costly and destabilising’ Trump tariffs
www.theguardian.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
It's hard to disagree with anything #RichardMarles said. At least he is talking up the importance for all governments in the Indo- Pacific region to greatly increase investment in defence.
The #Albanese government must immediately nullify the #PortofDarwin lease to #China - before any further ado.
The #Albanese government must immediately nullify the #PortofDarwin lease to #China - before any further ado.