If Donald Trump wants to remove the presence of Chinese interests on the Panama Canal, and goes so far as to envisage the reappropriation of the direct control of the channel by the USA, including in Australia, in view of the elections of next May 3 for the renewal of the Federal Parliament, there is a race to see who is the first to head the desire to oust Chinese companies from the nation that sees the outgoing Prime Minister, the Anthony Albanese, and the current leader of the opposition, Peter Dutton. Both have assured that they will remove the port of Darwin to the Chinese group Landbridge which manages it through its Darwin Port Operations branch.

Interviewed yesterday by Australian radio 2GB, referring to the repeated statements by Prime Minister Albanese about the will to examine the concession for the management of the port granted in 2015 for a duration of 99 years to Landbride, Dutton has noted that 'that the prime minister has had three years to dealing with this and other problems, frankly, and these announcements on the eve of the elections - he pointed out - are Obviously more a political issue than an intention. So, we should make sure that we care about our own people again best interests and we should promote our interests and the our national cause. We should do so with respect to of our partners and China - Dutton recalled - is a business partner, but our national security - he specified - comes first and ours ability to protect and defend our country passes through a position of strength, not weakness."

A few hours later, Prime Minister Albanese on the radio channel ABC Radio Darwin has confirmed that the port of Darwin is a strategic resource for the country and said that the government is working for some time to end its control by of the Chinese company. Albanese specified are in progress negotiations to find a potential buyer of the airport, in lack of which - he announced - could intervene directly the Commonwealth of Australia itself.