Australian Politicians Should Be Vetted Amid Chinese Influence Concerns Says One Nation Party

Australian Politicians Should Be Vetted Amid Chinese Influence Concerns Says One Nation Party
China supporters rallying outside Australia's Parliament House during the Beijing 2008 Olympic torch relay in Canberra, on April 24, 2008. Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images
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A political party in Australia is calling on the country’s domestic spy agency to run background checks on Members of Parliament (MPs) in Western Australia (WA) for links to organizations under Chinese Communist Party (CCP) control.

Two members from the One Nation Party—a nationalist, right-wing populist political party—recently expressed concerns following events in 2018 that raised questions about the CCP’s influence on Australia and WA.

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