Nationals MP George Christensen has hit back at allegations that he met his wife while she worked at an adult bar in the Philippines.
On Monday, a joint investigation between Nine News, Sydney Morning Herald and The Age alleged that Mr Christensen visited an adult bar called Ponytails in the Philippines.
Mr Christensen is reported to have spent almost 300 days in the Philippines between 2014 and 2018 and reportedly met his now wife, April Asuncion, in the country in 2017. “ have now sunk to a new low by making defamatory allegations regarding my wife,” he said, in response to media reports that suggested Ms Asuncion was an employee at Ponytails.Source:Supplied“There is an unwritten rule in Australian politics that we do not attack family members and spouses but a certain media outlet and whoever is feeding them have trampled all over that longstanding convention.
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