Minister Defends Australia’s Budget Reliance on CCP Virus Vaccine

Minister Defends Australia’s Budget Reliance on CCP Virus Vaccine
Australia's Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann speaks during a press conference in Sydney in this file image. Cormann received donations from Chinese Communist Party-linked businessman Huang Xiangmo. William West/AFP/Getty Images
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A day before the Australian government hands down its federal budget one of its chief authors has defended basing financial forecasts on the availability of a CCP virus vaccine.

Senator Mathias Cormann, the finance minister, said Australia’s federal budget estimates have always been based on the best information and advice available at any one point in time.

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