The Labor union brown nosers just can't help themselves as they were trained in corruption techniques as they brown nosed their way up through the union.



Australian state corruption body to probe Labor's ties to Chinese community
JULY 31, 2019 / 4:14 PM / UPDATED 17 HOURS AGO


Where is Mr Bean ?

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia’s most populous state will investigate if a Chinese friendship division of the country’s main opposition party broke rules on political donations, at a time of deepening concern over Chinese influence in Australia.

The anti-corruption watchdog of New South Wales said in a statement on Wednesday it will hold a public inquiry into whether the state Labor Party’s “Chinese Friends of Labor” group or other officials sought to circumvent rules on disclosing political donations.

The friends’ group raises donations for the Labor Party and includes politicians and members of the Chinese community.

The hearings begin next month and, according to the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, will question dealings between Labor figures and Chinese businessman Huang Xiangmo.

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption did not mention Huang in its statement and he has previously denied any wrongdoing. The Herald did not say how it knew Huang’s dealings would be the focus of the investigation and the commission declined to comment.

Yuhu, a property developer founded by Huang, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Huang or his representatives could not immediately be reached for comment.

Huang’s Australian visa was revoked earlier this year, according to media reports that said he was deemed “unfit” for residency after intelligence agencies concluded he could undertake “acts of foreign interference”.

At the time, Huang told the Australian Financial Review that the decision was based on nothing more than “unfounded speculations that are prejudiced and groundless”.

The inquiry comes as Australia’s relationship with China, its largest trading partner, has been strained by worries in Canberra of Chinese meddling in its domestic affairs

Beijing denies the accusation and says it never interferes in the internal affairs of another country.

Australia has banned Chinese telecommunications equipment-maker Huawei [HWT.UL] from supplying its 5G mobile networks and has sought to counter China’s rising influence in the Pacific Islands.

On Tuesday, Australia ordered an investigation into allegations immigration officials gave casino operator Crown Resorts preferential treatment by fast-tracking visas for Chinese gamblers.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-china-investigation/australian-stat...

What does this have to do with Federal politics???

If anyone needs to be investigated it is Andrew Robb....Is it any wonder the Coalition do not want a Federal ICAC???



https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-30/andrew-robb-joins-chinese-company-with-co...

Fed Labor are up to their ears in this.



Bill Shorten at Chinese fundraiser behind NSW ICAC’s raid
BRAD NORINGTON 11:00PM DECEMBER 18, 2018


The Chinese Friends of Labor fundraiser on March 12, 2015, attended by Bill Shorten, centre. To the left of the Labor leader are then NSW opposition leader Luke Foley, federal Treasury spokesman Chris Bowen and Chinese property developer Huang Xiangmo; to Mr Shorten’s right are state Labor MPs Adam Searle and Ernest Wong. Also present are Labor MPs Chris Minns and Shaquette Moselmane, back row, third and second from right, and Sophie Cotsis in the middle row wearing a red dress.

Bill Shorten was present with other senior party leaders at a Chinese Friends of Labor fundraising dinner in Sydney that is believed to be the focus of a raid on the NSW ALP’s headquarters by the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

Officials from the NSW corruption body swooped on the ALP Sussex Street offices early yesterday in search of financial records related to an investigation into allegedly undisclosed or illegal party donations in 2015.

The raid took place while Labor officials were out of Sydney, attending the party’s national conference in Adelaide. Its timing, three months before the NSW election, also caused internal consternation about possible damage as the state party seeks to make itself electable after two terms in opposition.

The ALP’s head office said yesterday the investigation triggering the raid was linked to “historical” political donations received in 2015, but claimed the NSW Electoral Commission had already fully investigated the matter with the full co-operation of NSW Labor.

The organiser of the Chinese Friends of Labor dinner, attended by 650 people, was NSW Labor MP Ernest Wong. Another prominent attendee was Chinese property developer Huang Xiangmo, a NSW Labor donor who later came to public ­attention over his financial and personal links to disgraced former Labor senator Sam Dastyari.

A group photo from the fundraising dinner, held shortly before the NSW election in March 2015, shows Mr Shorten standing close to Mr Wong and Mr Huang, along with federal colleague Chris Bowen, then state party leader Luke Foley and state front bencher Adam Searle.

Among others in the photo are state MPs Chris Minns, Shaquette Moselman and Sophie Cotsis and party candidates Edwina Lloyd and Simon Zhou.

The Australian last night sought comment from Mr Shorten about his dinner attendance, and whether he was aware of ­details of the ICAC investigation into the 2015 party donations that prompted the raid. His office did not respond.

Donations to all state parties in NSW from property developers were banned at the time of the 2015 dinner following a clampdown by former Labor premier Nathan Rees six years earlier. Mr Rees also moved to cap individual donations in NSW to $2000.

Disclosure details for the NSW ALP issued by the NSW Electoral Commission show the dinner held on March 12, 2015, was listed as “Chinese community dinner to raise fund (sic) for state election — 12/03/2015”. Officially it raised $88,930 on the night.

Seven months after the NSW election, in October 2015, Mr Huang paid $55,000 to have lunch with Mr Shorten. This sum was later disclosed to the Australian Electoral Commission as a political donation to the federal ALP. In March 2016, Mr Shorten visited Mr Huang at his Sydney mansion, reportedly to seek funds for Labor campaign ads for the coming federal election.

After allegations were aired about Mr Huang’s possible links to Chinese government officials, and ASIO briefings to major parties about alleged Chinese government interference in Australian politics, Mr Shorten requested in mid-2017 that the ALP not accept any further funds from Mr Huang and some other donors.

Mr Wong, who was given a seat by the NSW party two years before the 2015 dinner after his big fundraising efforts for the NSW ALP, was a close associate of Mr Huang at the time.

Labor has since dumped him from a winnable spot on its upper house ticket for the NSW election next March, a move some insiders believe reflected party discomfort about his continued place as an MP in the midst of controversy over foreign donations and ­possible connections to the Chinese Communist Party government in Beijing.

Before entering parliament, Mr Wong was a Burwood councillor in Sydney’s inner west. He was given the seat of retiring MP and former Labor treasurer Eric Roozendaal. Mr Roozendaal then went on to work for Mr Huang’s property development company, Yuhu Group. One senior party figure familiar with annual Chinese Friends of Labor gatherings said they were arranged by Mr Wong to secure large donations, and billed as an opportunity for the Chinese community to meet Labor leaders.

Mr Foley, recently forced to resign as NSW Labor opposition leader, did not return The Australian’s call. Mr Wong, believed to be in Hong Kong, was not available for comment.

The boss of the ALP at the time of the 2015 dinner, Jamie Clements, also did not return calls.

The ICAC declined to provide information about the raid. A spokeswoman said the corruption investigator did not comment on operational matters.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/bill-shorten-at-chinese-fundrai...

Gweggy was your stain picture taken after you had your hemorrhoids operation ?

greggerypeccary wrote on Aug 1^st, 2019 at 10:09am:



guess you didnt notice Bill standing tall in that selfie....