
Turnbull calls for PM to examine Dutton's links to Chinese billionaire
UPDATED | Malcolm Turnbull is “very, very concerned” about Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton’s meeting with a Chinese billionaire now banned from re-entering Australia.
UPDATED | Malcolm Turnbull is “very, very concerned” about Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton’s meeting with a Chinese billionaire now banned from re-entering Australia.
Companies linked to Chinese businesswoman Sally Zou were among the biggest donors to the South Australian branch of the Liberal Party last year, according to official documents released by the Australian Electoral Commission today.
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South Australia’s major political parties had starkly different major donors in the past financial year, with records released today showing the state’s dominant right-wing union bankrolled the Labor Party while a Chinese mining boss continued to be the Liberals’ key financial supporter.
Federal Labor says it no longer receives donations from Chinese businessman Huang Xiangmo, which is in stark contrast to the Coalition, led by Malcolm Turnbull.
Loose rules around political donations are allowing special interest groups such as miners to influence policy, a former Supreme Court judge has told a parliamentary inquiry.
One of the Federal Government’s heavy hitters has come out swinging, accusing Labor of making a grubby political smear about Malcolm Turnbull’s $1.75 million donation to the Liberal Party.
Malcolm Turnbull’s personal donation to the Liberal Party during last year’s federal election won’t be known for another year.