Ending China’s Port Lease in Northern Australia Possible: Defence Minister

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg (L) and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton talk during a vote to suspend standing orders in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Feb. 21, 2019. Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images

The Port of Darwin lease is one of many deals that have been sewn up with China and one Foreign Minister Marise Payne could consider ending after she tore up Victoria’s the Belt and Road initiative with the Asian giant last week.

The Northern Territory government signed a 99-year lease for the Port of Darwin to a Chinese-owned company in 2015.