PM says two options on table: for an Australian-owned company to take control, or for port to return to being a government asset
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The Labor government is on the hunt for a buyer for the port of Darwin despite the Chinese-owned company who holds the lease insisting it is not for sale.
Landbridge Group took control of the port in 2015 after the Northern Territory government signed a $506m agreement while in financial duress.
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