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Federal government will not cancel Chinese company Landbridge's Port of Darwin lease | ABC News

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The federal government has announced that it will not strip a Chinese company of the Darwin port lease, just weeks before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits Beijing. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE
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Mr Albanese said last year that the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet would review the 99-year lease held by the Australian subsidiary of Chinese company Landbridge.

Landbridge is reported to have links to the People's Liberation Army of China, and the US Obama administration raised concerns with the Turnbull government after the Northern Territory awarded it to the company in 2015.

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