Australia seeking to buy back Port of Darwin from Chinese firm, says PM (www.straitstimes.com)

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has indicated he would look to buy back the Port of Darwin from Chinese company Landbridge under a re-elected Labor government, the most significant move yet to bring the strategic asset once more under Australian ownership.

Mr Albanese said in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corp radio on April 4 the port needs to be “in Australian hands”, including the possibility that a private buyer would be sought to take control.

“We will enter into negotiations to do that,” Mr Albanese said. “That is what we’ve been doing informally through potential buyers up to this point already, and if it reaches a point where the Commonwealth needs to directly intervene, then we’d be prepared to do that.”

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[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

Can we do all our other essential services that've been sold out from underneath us by the libs over the last 30 years? Can we get money for all the gas we give away too? Can we look after our citizens and not the wealthy lobby groups that've bought this country?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Also Pine Gap

[-] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

Why?

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

You honestly still want that shit in the hands of the current US administration?

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Watch the media turn on anyone that tries such sensible shit. And then watch the voters lap it up.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Telecom Australia should never have been sold.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

None of it should've been sold.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Public owned Telecom Australia charged like a wounded bull and provided poor service in connection or repair.

Telecom disabused me of the idea that government monopolies wouldn't exploit their monopoly position

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