Chinese company buys Australian island, then bans Aussies from living there....

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A Chinese real estate company that bought an Australian island has blocked its Aussie residents from living in paradise.

Residents say they can’t go back to their homes since developer China Bloom bought a 99-year lease to take control of Keswick Island in 2019.

“I just don’t think they want Australians on the island,” former island resident Julie Willis told the news program “A Current Affair.” “I think that they want to have this island solely for the use of the Chinese tourism market.”

The Chinese developer has gone as far as banning residents from renting their homes on Airbnb, which residents say has ruined tourism, and blocking them from entering the island from air, land, and sea.

“There’s been no tourists since September last year,” former resident Rayna Asbury told the news program.

Keswick Island, which is owned by the Queensland Government, was declared a national park.

The Queensland Department of Resources told “A Current Affair” it hoped that any issued between the island’s residents and China Bloom can be resolved.

[summer27]

what crap.. Need more clarity..who sold it? How did the owner/govt sell to a different company when there are residents on the land..what are the terms and conditions..