China-leased Port of Darwin to return to 'Australian hands': Albanese

As election looms, rival parties align on control of key infrastructure

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The Port of Darwin, in Australia's Northern Territory, is pictured in April 2017: The country's main political parties agree the port should be back in Australian hands. © Reuters

SHAUN TURTON

SYDNEY -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday vowed to return a strategic port in the country's north leased by a Chinese-owned company to "Australian hands," as the country's ongoing election campaign heats up.

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