Australian politician ‘sold out’ to foreign regime after being recruited by spies, Asio boss says
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Thinking it could be more than one.
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I mean this makes it seem like it’s Andrew Robb. How did he even get away with this? He was the minister that granted the 99 year lease himself.
In October 2016, it was announced that Robb had joined the Landbridge Group,a Chinese company which had been granted a 99-year lease on Port Darwin in 2015, as a "high-level economic consultant". It was reported that Robb had accepted the $73,000 per month position before leaving Parliament.[19][20] Landbridge Group is chaired by Ye Cheng, a billionaire with links to the Chinese Communist Party. Robb's employment with Landbridge Group ended in 2018, which Robb attributed to an atmosphere increasingly critical of the Chinese government.
In October 2016, it was announced that Robb had joined the Landbridge Group,a Chinese company which had been granted a 99-year lease on Port Darwin in 2015, as a "high-level economic consultant". It was reported that Robb had accepted the $73,000 per month position before leaving Parliament.[19][20] Landbridge Group is chaired by Ye Cheng, a billionaire with links to the Chinese Communist Party. Robb's employment with Landbridge Group ended in 2018, which Robb attributed to an atmosphere increasingly critical of the Chinese government.
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My entire career I've told the people the truth!
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Requires a person to have inverted their mammoth self interest into a set of "principles", to be sneaky and rat cunning, to be duplicitous at home, at work, to self, to probably have some vices to get through those dark self - critiquing evenings, and to have been spurned in some way by the party.
Now that we've narrowed it down to about 500 persons of interest, the search can begin.
Now that we've narrowed it down to about 500 persons of interest, the search can begin.
A member of a party old Dutto wouldn't be happy with if it actually was revealed, but he's taken the gamble that Labor won't leak it before the by-election because they are the Government and expected to/do take national security seriously.
A name that might rhyme with a famous Japanese ghost flick may spring to mind.
Someone more recent has been under the gun.
Mate, there's blokes with connections to Lebanon, to Israel and China who have all attracted real scrutiny in the last few years.
They are (almost) all from the same party, most at the federal level and none are former Labor premiers.
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It's neither, and there are no suggestions of either engaging in anything slightly untoward.
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never test the depth of water with both feet.
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yes! better still, he should do what other asio heads have done and just pull his head in and continue with what should be an internal investigation. stop the headline-grabbing.
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It’s sure as anything a former Labor MP. If it was an ex LNP MP the current government would not be insisting it remain under wraps
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The opposition also insisting it remains under wraps
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The LNP have changed their tune on that somewhat. I'm thinking Tudge now.
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Why Tudge?
Joel Fitzgibbon is another who had some undeclared dealings with Chinese interests.
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Secret payments to Labor MP listed in Liu files
PRIVATE records of a Chinese-Australian businesswoman close to the former defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon say he received substantial payments as part of a campaign to cultivate him as an agent of political and business influence.
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Joel Fitzgibbon is another who had some undeclared dealings with Chinese interests.
Secret payments to Labor MP listed in Liu files
PRIVATE records of a Chinese-Australian businesswoman close to the former defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon say he received substantial payments as part of a campaign to cultivate him as an agent of political and business influence.
There was a reason I heard but can't remember
My money is still on one of the names mentioned in this story....
www.abc.net.au
Geoffrey Watson SC, a former counsel assisting for the NSW Independent Commission for Corruption (ICAC), called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to crack down on what he described as foreign influences within the Liberal Party.
"This shows that a person who's now thought maybe to be a person of malign influence has got access to government at the highest level, to Mr Sukkar, a minister," he said.
Mr Watson said it was time for Mr Morrison to sack Gladys Liu in response to the revelations.
ASIO red-flags Liberal Party donor 'Haha' Liu as a national security risk
A Melbourne-based Chinese businessman who has aligned himself to prominent Liberal Party MPs is facing deportation after being assessed by ASIO as a national security risk, an ABC investigation can reveal.
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Geoffrey Watson SC, a former counsel assisting for the NSW Independent Commission for Corruption (ICAC), called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to crack down on what he described as foreign influences within the Liberal Party.
"This shows that a person who's now thought maybe to be a person of malign influence has got access to government at the highest level, to Mr Sukkar, a minister," he said.
Mr Watson said it was time for Mr Morrison to sack Gladys Liu in response to the revelations.
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The recent shift towards bipartisanship could be a sign of common-sense prevailing with recognition that we don't want to expose our counter intelligence capabilities and give the dictator to the north a PR win (and probably more unfair trade sanctions when he has another childish temper tantrum that someone implied he wasn't perfect in all ways).
However in reality, both sides have probably just decided they are exposed and want to avoid scrutiny.
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However in reality, both sides have probably just decided they are exposed and want to avoid scrutiny.
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Burgess!
There's a name that's got some history when it comes to spy rings
If you read my post earlier in the thread?
Ol Gladys and another fellow. Someone who is in a bit of strife right now.My money is still on one of the names mentioned in this story....
ASIO red-flags Liberal Party donor 'Haha' Liu as a national security risk
A Melbourne-based Chinese businessman who has aligned himself to prominent Liberal Party MPs is facing deportation after being assessed by ASIO as a national security risk, an ABC investigation can reveal.
Geoffrey Watson SC, a former counsel assisting for the NSW Independent Commission for Corruption (ICAC), called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to crack down on what he described as foreign influences within the Liberal Party.
"This shows that a person who's now thought maybe to be a person of malign influence has got access to government at the highest level, to Mr Sukkar, a minister," he said.
Mr Watson said it was time for Mr Morrison to sack Gladys Liu in response to the revelations.
Easy enough to find out why. Ol mate is in the hot water.
