Darwin Port: Australia’s Options Narrow as Security Concerns and Landbridge’s Finances Converge
According to the source, Australia is reassessing Chinese-linked operational control of Darwin Port amid sharper threat perceptions, expanded foreign-investment powers, and reported financial stress at operator Landbridge Group. A negotiated or market-based transfer to an Australian-aligned owner appears increasingly feasible, though Beijing’s warnings raise the risk of economic and diplomatic countermeasures.