A Chinese construction on Australia s doorstep could have serious implications for national security and decimate traditional fishing in Indigenous communities. A Chinese-run company has signed a memorandum of understanding with Papua New Guinea to construct a $200m comprehensive multifunctional fishery industrial park on the Torres Strait island of Daru. The island is one of few in the Torres Strait not under Australian control. It is just a few kilometres from Australia s maritime border and less than 200km from the mainland. The prospect has alarmed national security experts over fears the development, which is under the auspices of China s Belt and Road initiative, could double as a Chinese military facility.
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