Chinese Consul General Unexpectedly Gives Speech at Health Minister’s Press Event

Australia's Minister for Health Greg Hunt during question time at Parliament House on May 10, 2017 in Canberra, Australia. Stefan Postles/Getty Images

Billionaire mining magnate Andrew Forrest took Health Minister Greg Hunt by surprise when he unexpectedly invited a Chinese diplomat to speak at their press event on April 29.

Hunt and Forrest were there to announce that 10 million virus testing kits as well as pathology equipment, had been acquired by Forrest’s charity, the Minderoo Foundation, from the China-based BGI Group.