Malcolm Turnbull says Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton needs to explain the details of his meeting with a Chinese billionaire who allegedly paid tens of thousands of dollars trying to secure Australian citizenship.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has demanded answers from his replacement and slammed the Home Affairs Minister amid revelations a Chinese Communist Party-aligned billionaire paid tens of thousands of dollars trying to secure Australian citizenship.
A Four Corners-Sydney Morning Herald investigation revealed Mr Dutton granted then-Labor senator Sam Dastyari approval to hold aMr Huang was also seeking Australian citizenship for himself — and met Mr Dutton to discuss it — but was ultimately unsuccessful. Mr Turnbull said the story was very concerning and troubling and the Prime Minister Scott Morrison should take it seriously.
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