The Australian government should consider cancelling the 99-year lease of the Darwin Port to China if the deal is found to undermine Australia’s national interest, according to a parliamentary committee’s recommendation. The Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth on Wednesday released a report looking into Australia’s national interest and national security in trade and investment. Among its 21 recommendations was a call to reclaim the strategically important Port of Darwin, leased off to Chinese firm Landbridge in 2015 by the Northern Territory government for $506 million. The committee urged the Morrison government to commission a report on whether the lease is subject to the Foreign Relations law enacted last year. Additionally, it recommended other ports and strategic infrastructure owned by, or leased to, foreign corporations be scrutinised under the act. The executive director of the Australia Defence Association (ADA), Neil James, told the ABC last year that it is a …