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Port of Darwin

Marise Payne stands over Scott Morrison pointing to a map of Australia called, 'The Chinese port of Darwin'. Payne says, 'And this is a disturbing aerial photo of the CCP's latest island building venture'.

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.