Australian election rivals clash over links to Chinese billionaire
The attorney-general has released photographs of opposition Labour leader Bill Shorten attending Huang Xiangmo’s daughter's wedding, after Shorten criticised the home affairs minister for having lunch with the Chinese billionaire. – EPA pic, April 10, 2019.
A CHINESE billionaire barred from Australia on suspicion of mounting a years-long influence campaign was thrust to the centre of the country’s increasingly bitter election campaign today, with major parties trading accusations of improper contacts. The conservative government – facing revelations the home affairs minister had lunch with prolific political donor Huang Xiangmo to discuss his residency at a lobbyists request – fired back with accusations of its own.
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