China wants to add the Horn Island International Airport to its Pacific ‘string of pearls’ assets
Republished from 2024
In response to Cairns News’ exclusive report exposing the Chinese government’s incursion of the Torres Strait trying to acquire property, Bob Katter MHR put a series of questions on notice to the Home Affairs Minister Tony Bourke.
Bourke wriggled and squirmed stepping sideways, refusing to answer Katter’s straightforward questions about Chinese investment in Australia.
The slippery member for Watson whose electorate comprises 13.2 per cent Lebanese and seven per cent Chinese voters simply said the questions about China acquiring land in the Torres Strait and on the Tip of Cape York Peninsula were a matter for the Foreign Affairs Minister and had nothing to do with him.
This is grubby Labor at it best, in its quest to open up the Far North for China, their ideological masters, and it now would seem obvious Labor will do nothing to prevent China’s tactical strategy enabling it a foothold in the vital Torres Strait seaway and on the mainland.
