GetUp, Activist Groups Distort Senator’s Tough Stance on CCP as Racism, Call for Condemnation

Petition Filed to Prime Minister to Denounce Senator Eric Abetz

Senator Eric Abetz in Melbourne, Australia, on Sept. 10, 2014. Graham Denholm/Getty Images

Grassroots activist group GetUp has filed a petition for the prime minister to denounce Liberal Senator Eric Abetz for asking three Chinese Australians whether they were willing to condemn the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

The petition has allegedly garnered over 25,000 signatures and was delivered to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s official residence Kirribilli House last week on behalf of GetUp, Colour Code, the Asian Australian Alliance, and Per Capita.