Darwin Port were pleased to recently host Brett Wilson, a Year 10 Haileybury Rendall boarder from Peppimenarti through the Clontarf Foundation for three days of work experience. A little more than a month ago, Peter Dutton, one of the most hawkish figures in the federal government towards China, assumed the role of Defence Minister, and has immediately set about putting his stamp on the portfolio. ConocoPhillips advises that flaring will occur at Darwin LNG between 24 - 26 October 2018. The Department of Defence has been asked by the Morrison government to look into the controversial 99-year-lease of the Darwin Port in 2015, reports say. New … Get unlimited access to all stories at $0.99/month for the first 3 months. 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Brett was shown firsthand the daily operations of the Port by being provided with exposure to multiple on-site locations between East Arm Wharf, Fort Hill Wharf and Darwin Harbour. “You could expect me as Prime Minister to take that advice very seriously and act accordingly.". Canberra overhauled its foreign investment laws last year, giving the government retrospective powers to impose new conditions or even force a divestment on deals already approved. Port of Darwin ‘critical’ in new commonwealth power to veto deals with foreign governments, Albanese says. “[Others] thought it was unnecessary and potentially dangerous,” the official tells the ABC, speaking on the condition of anonymity. Matt Coughlan AAP. Australia is reviewing whether to force a Chinese company to sell a lease to a strategically important port used by U.S. Marines, a move that could further stoke tensions with Beijing. Scott Morrison insists the government will not jump to conclusions as Defence reviews a Chinese's company's 99-lease of the Port of Darwin. Darwin-Port News: Brisbane Pilots Receive Simrad Radar Upgrade, China Gets Port Of Darwin, Darwin Port Charges Revised, Revised Port Tariffs For Darwin Australian man extradited to Saudi Arabia was cleared of cited criminal charge years earlier, 'Horrible' weeks ahead as India's COVID infections cross 20 million, Dani Laidley sues Victoria Police over alleged leak of custody photos, Questions still need to be answered about abuse within Australian gymnastics, 'It isn't a fair trade': Surfer who lost leg to shark wins right to keep tooth left by attacker, 'Thought you were more of a man': The push to change the gender roles that haunt disaster survivors, Fremantle Dockers to play the Lions in Brisbane to avoid crowd lockout. The Northern Territory government signed a 99-year lease for the Port of Darwin to a Chinese-owned company in 2015. Darwin Port awards Fort Hill Wharf enhancement project to local business Darwin Port is pleased to award a contract for the upgrade and enhancement of Fort Hill Wharf (FHW) to Duratec Limited Australia's NT branch, who has a considerable number of... 28 Sep 2020 Permit to Work System May 3 (UPI) --Australia could be footing the bill for the Port of Darwin if the government cancels a 99-year lease to the port, which is under the ownership of a Chinese billionaire. Scott Morrison insists the government will not jump to conclusions as Defence reviews a Chinese's company's 99-year lease of the Port of Darwin. SPH Digital News / Copyright © 2021 Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. Co. Regn. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Everything you need to know, from results and electorates, to the seats that matter. Read 3 articles daily and stand to win ST rewards, including the ST News Tablet worth $398. Until we resolve the issues, subscribers need not log in to access ST Digital articles. A day earlier, Mr Morrison had chaired a meeting of Cabinet’s national security committee, and it has now emerged the powerful group has finally tasked the Defence Department to provide updated advice on Darwin Port. Darwin Port has engaged Hall Contracting to conduct maintenance dredging in the harbour at East Arm Wharf, Fort Hill Wharf, and the Marine Supply Base. Morrison waits for new Darwin port advice Matt Coughlan; National. “I’m beyond why you would do that; I actually believe that should be torn up,” Ms Lambie told Sky News. “The lease of the commercial Port of Darwin was then discussed by the Secretary of the Department of Defence, Mr Richardson, and the US Deputy Secretary of Defense in a meeting in Washington, face-to-face”. In a recent interview Mr Dutton cited new federal legislation used to tear up Victoria’s Belt and Road Initiative trade deal with Beijing, as having possible implications for Darwin Port. "There are literally thousands of these cases to look at and the foreign affairs minister is working through all of that," Mr Dutton told ABC's Insiders program on Anzac Day. The Australian government may have to pay taxpayer-funded compensation to a Chinese company if its lease contract of Darwin Port is overturned … Dredging will commence on Tuesday... 24 Oct 2018 Flaring Notification for Darwin LNG: 24-26 October 2018. It is the gateway to the Indo-Pacific region and the base for the US Marine Corps to enter and exit Australia in turn. We have been experiencing some problems with subscriber log-ins and apologise for the inconvenience caused. China’s rapid economic rise and military ambitions to Australia’s north have steadily increased the city’s strategic importance, as well as its relevance to this country’s main defence ally the United States. China slammed Australia’s decision last month to use new laws to cancel Belt-and-Road agreements with the Victorian state government. Phone. The government will reassess the national security implications of the Port of Darwin lease. Darwin Port’s Chinese owner says it will cooperate with Australian defence review May 3, 2021 Ava The Chinese company that operates the Port of Darwin has vowed to cooperate with the Morrison government’s review into any security risks from its long-term lease – but insists it struck the deal “in good faith”. SYDNEY • Australia is reviewing the 99-year lease of a commercial and military port in its north to a Chinese company, a government source said yesterday, a move that could further inflame tensions between Beijing and Canberra. There has been increasing speculation Morrison may use the laws, passed in December, to scrap long-term leases held by Chinese companies at the ports in Darwin and Newcastle. Administration Building, 11 Export Drive Berrimah Northern Territory, 0828 Australia. You have reached your limit of subscriber-only articles this month. Here's how worried you should be, Five quick questions about Trump's (potential) return to Facebook this week, Francis Wark appeals against conviction and sentence for manslaughter of teenager Hayley Dodd, multimillion dollar upgrades to several defence training facilities, now emerged the powerful group has finally tasked the Defence Department to provide updated advice on Darwin Port, the ABC had revealed other figures were not so sure, shown no hesitation to reverse a decision of his own Chief of Defence over Afghanistan war decorations, Federal Government asks for advice on controversial Darwin port lease to China, PM says no security concerns raised with him about Darwin Port lease, Kevin Rudd calls for national security review of Darwin Port lease. In April, Mr Dutton clearly signalled the future of Darwin Port’s lease was under active consideration, and now his department, which has already previously declared it has no concerns, is being asked to take a fresh look. Former ASIO director-general Ducan Lewis told a parliamentary committee at the time his agency had engaged “throughout the process” giving advice to Treasury and Defence. Mr Obama had reportedly expressed his displeasure at not receiving a heads up on the port deal. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. The former Defence chief and Defence secretary were not the only security figures to publicly state in 2015 there were no concerns connected to the Landbridge deal. “When they did it, there were government members just wanting to cancel the Darwin Port deal,” Mr Shanahan told Sky News host Peta Credlin. News National Federal government seeks advice on Darwin port lease to China 12:30pm, May 3, 2021 Updated: 12:34pm, May 3 Chinese company Landbridge purchased a 99-year lease over the port … China is Victoria's 'biggest customer' — so what could dumping the Belt and Road agreements mean for the state? What about the ‘strategic’ concerns associated with the Darwin Port lease? Australia will review the 99-year-lease of a commercial and military port to a Chinese firm, the Sydney Morning Herald has reported, a move that could further inflame tensions between Beijing and Canberra. Back in 2015, when former Northern Territory chief minister Adam Giles formally announced his $500 million deal with Landbridge, then defence minister Marise Payne was in the United States with former foreign minister Julie Bishop. She later revealed in Parliament that “Defence and we learned of the government's awarding of the lease of the commercial Port of Darwin to Landbridge a few hours before the announcement by the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory”. Given the new Defence Minister has shown no hesitation to reverse a decision of his own Chief of Defence over Afghanistan war decorations, many believe he will not baulk at taking Darwin Port … The review comes at a low point in relations between Australia and China, which have fluctuated for years. “There are literally thousands of these cases to look at and the foreign affairs minister is working through all of that,” Defence Minister Peter Dutton told … Given the new Defence Minister has shown no hesitation to reverse a decision of his own Chief of Defence over Afghanistan war decorations, many believe he will not baulk at taking Darwin Port from Chinese control given the chance. Australia’s department of defence is reviewing whether to scrap a contentious lease to a Chinese company of Darwin port, which is located close to a US Marines base. 198402868E. Then Defence chief Mark Binskin was also relaxed, declaring “if movements are the issue, I can sit at the fish and chip shop on the wharf at the moment in Darwin and watch ships come and go, regardless of who owns it [the port].". This article is now fully available for you, Please verify your e-mail to read this subscriber-only article in full. DFAT says the Darwin Port lease is not subject to the Foreign Relations Act Kevin Rudd says the Commonwealth could revoke the lease for political reasons Landbridge secured the long-term operational control of the commercial facility in 2015 as part of a $506 million deal with the Northern Territory government. The troop posting was part of then President Barack Obama's pivot to Asia following China's increased assertiveness in the region. The government will reassess the national security implications of the Port of Darwin lease. New CEO confirmed for Darwin Port. The Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security’s Bateman, also a former Royal Australian Navy Commodore, has noted that ports are a highly regulated industry. One former senior defence official, familiar with the deliberations in 2015, recalls “Dennis never thought it was such a big deal, he was always mildly relaxed about it”. The port of Darwin was leased to the private Chinese company, Landbridge in 2015. Owning the lease to operate a port means being subject to this regulation, not escaping it. I think it is a question for Marise [Payne] to look at these individual cases. “I am not sure it is at the same level as the direct investment that the Chinese government has into ports in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, often there is conflation that Darwin is the same, it’s not, as those deals have big strings attached for host governments. A 2017 photo of supply vessels for offshore gas rigs at Darwin port in Australia's Northern Territory. Morrison waits for new Darwin port advice. For that reason, defence analysts have been greatly troubled by the decision of the then Country Liberal Party (CLP) Northern Territory government in 2015 to award a 99-year-lease of the port to Chinese state-owned corporation Landbridge. The awarding of the contract to Landbridge by the Northern Territory government came just a few years after the United States posted the first of a rotating group of American Marines in Darwin. "Advice has been sought on the port and that will go to the national security committee in due time," said the government source, who declined to be named. Posted by David Sexton | 10th July, 2019. With relations between Canberra and Beijing in the doldrums, the government has … A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 04, 2021, with the headline 'Australia said to be reviewing lease of Darwin port to Chinese firm'. Marise Payne could tear up a 100-year lease between the Port of Darwin and Chinaafter the foreign minister sunk Victoria's Belt and Road initiative last week. Already Australia's largest live cattle export port, it needed upgrades to realize the dream of a port to complete the link between Asia, Darwin and southern States. Join ST's Telegram channel here and get the latest breaking news delivered to you. They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. “We examined all of the aspects of security that we consider to be important and came to a view that the transaction as proposed could go ahead with the two deeds… and various mitigations,” he said. Defence is reviewing Landbridge’s ownership of the Port of Darwin. Landbridge, which media reports say has close ties to China's military, won a bid in 2015 to operate the port in a deal worth A$506 million (S$518 million). This article is more than 4 months old. Australia/NZ News -SYDNEY • Australia is reviewing the 99-year lease of a commercial and military port in its north to a Chinese company, a government source said yesterday, a … 1300 327 946 Since the Japanese bombing raids of World War II, Darwin has always had a sense of being on Australia’s “strategic frontline”, but in recent years that feeling has intensified. No. Governments do not generally establish reviews without having some idea of what may come back, and how they might respond, so this move has heightened expectations the Commonwealth could soon intervene. Back in 2015 then defence secretary Dennis Richardson was adamant his department had no security concerns about the Darwin lease, although the ABC had revealed other figures were not so sure. “If there is advice from the Defence Department or our security agencies that change their view about the national security implications of any piece of critical infrastructure, we have legislation now which is dealing with critical infrastructure” Mr Morrison told reporters on Wednesday. “That said, the potential for port disruption by the operator (Landbridge) at crucial times remains one of my big concerns.". By registering, you agree to our T&C and Privacy Policy. Outspoken Senator Jacqui Lambie is demanding that the Port of Darwin lease to a Chinese company come under the microscope, after Victoria’s controversial Belt and Road deal was scrapped. Credit: Darwin Port A NEW chief executive has been confirmed for Darwin Port, with leaseholder Landbridge Australia announcing the appointment of Darren Lambourn. Australia's defence officials are looking into whether Landbridge Group, owned by Chinese billionaire Ye Cheng, should be forced to give up its ownership of Darwin port on national security grounds, a government source says. Back then the move also caught the Malcolm Turnbull-led federal government, and its then treasurer Scott Morrison off guard, and drew a furious response from president Barack Obama as well as figures in his administration. "I am not pre-empting or suggesting that she's looking at it. All rights reserved. Darren Lambourn is the man in charge at Darwin Port. The gift link for this subscriber-only article has expired. In 2015 former Northern Territory Chief … Defence officials are looking into whether Landbridge Group, owned by Chinese billionaire Ye Cheng, should be forced to give up its ownership of Darwin port on national security grounds, the source said. Now Marise Payne, as Australia’s chief diplomat, is again being asked to consider a move that could perhaps draw the most furious response yet from Beijing. Credit: AAP. The government will reassess the national security implications of the Port of Darwin lease. With relations between Canberra and Beijing in the … The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, which first reported the review, has quoted Defence Minister Peter Dutton as saying that the government would "look at options that are in our national interests after that". All done! Darwin Port is the most important port on the north coast of Australia and the closest port to Asia. 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