Port of Darwin
John Spooner
John Spooner’s cartoon deals with Australia’s increasingly complicated relationship with China. Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne points to the controversial 99-year lease of Darwin’s port, granted by the Northern Territory Government to Chinese company Landbridge, before security concerns came to the forefront.
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