Australian Election Candidate Supports Push for Royal Commission into China Influence

Senate Candidate Lyle Shelton attends the Australian Conservatives campaign launch at the Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort on the Gold Coast, Australia, on April 30, 2019. Richard Szabo/The Epoch Times

GOLD COAST, Australia—A candidate running for public office in Australia’s general election on May 18 is backing calls by the Australian Conservatives Party to hold a public inquiry into foreign influence from communist China.

Australian Conservatives Senate Candidate Lyle Shelton is supporting incumbent South Australian Senator Cory Bernardi’s request for a royal commission into the influence of the Chinese state in Australia.