Royal Commission Into Chinese Communist Party Influence Needed, Australian Conservatives Say

‘One of the things we don’t want in this region is for Australia to become a patronage stage of China’

Cory Bernardi, leader of the Australian Conservative Party, speaks at the 2019 Victorian State Conference in Melbourne, Australia on March 30. Grace Yu/Epoch Times

MELBOURNE, Australia—A royal commission into Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence is needed if Australia is to protect its sovereignty, Senator Cory Bernardi and Victorian Senator candidate Kevin Bailey told The Epoch Times at an Australian Conservatives Conference on March 30.

Senator Cory Bernardi, leader of the Australian Conservatives party, iterated concerns regarding the CCP’s influence in Australia’s domestic affairs.