The Latest Breaking News from Darwin Port

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have both committed to stripping a Chinese company, Landbridge, of the lease to operate Darwin Port. Landbridge paid A$506 million for the 99-year lease from the Northern Territory government in October 2015.

The Australian government has decided against canceling a Chinese company’s 99-year lease on strategically important Darwin Port despite U.S. concerns that foreign control could be used to spy on its military

The company that holds the 99-year lease of Darwin Port says it has been the subject of "undeserved" concerns and has hit back at "mistruths", insisting the Chinese government has no influence over its operations.

A Labor MP says a federal review will examine whether there was any "impropriety" in the $506 million deal, as the Defence Minister reveals he has not seen the former government's national security assessment of the port.

The Defence Department has released a series of "talking points" about its national security review of the Darwin Port, but has refused an FOI request to disclose its full assessment.

Documents released by Labor show Scott Morrison signed off on a federal agreement to pay almost $20 million to the NT government as part of an incentive program for privatising the Darwin Port.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the government had "no authority" to approve or reject the lease of the Port of Darwin to a Chinese company in 2015. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.