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Lloyd Jones

Legal storm brewing over Chinese port ownership dispute

The government has pledged to return the port to Australian hands for national security reasons. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

A Chinese company's decision to take a port ownership dispute to court is disappointing, the federal government says, vowing to defend plans to return the facility to Australian control.

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said Labor was committed to bringing the Port of Darwin back under Australian control and was pursuing private negotiations with Chinese-owned company Landbridge.

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