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Wow, we are nearly at 100 signatures in less than 24 hours. Thank you all who have contributed to this fight for justice so far; by your efforts of signing and of sharing to spread the message. ------ Another added question of law, to be determined by the High Court: 'Do foreign donations to Australian politicians, or their parties, in general constitute breeches of S44 of the Australian Constitution or of the spirit of the law or of democracy? If so, are parties and individuals to pay the amount of those donations into consolidated revenue?' ------ Also an interesting summary including some other information about donations to Senator Dastyari's - some of which were not declared - including expensive bottles of wine. Remember that it was a bottle of wine not being declared that cost then Premier Barry O'Farrell his job. ------------ SENATOR SAM DASTYARI AND HIS CHINESE LINKS * August 2013: Sam Dastyari elected to the Senate to replace Matt Thistlethwaite who quit to run for a lower house seat. * 2015: ASIO cautions Labor and the Liberals against taking donations from two businessmen - Huang Xiangmo and Dr Chau Chak Wing - suspected of being conduits to the Chinese Communist Party. * June 2016: Dastyari defends China's actions in the South China Sea during a press conference to Chinese journalists, attended by Huang. 'The Chinese integrity of its borders is a matter for China,' he said, contradicting Labor policy outlined by its then defence spokesman just days earlier. * Details of the press conference were revealed in September 2016, at which time Dastyari said he had only 'incorrectly' mumbled an answer to a question he should not have taken. * August 31, 2016: Government documents reveal the Top Education Institute - a Chinese higher education provider - paid Dastyari's $1670.82 excess travel bill. Dastyari admits in parliament he should have paid the bill himself. * September 5, 2016: New details emerge that Dastyari failed to declare two bottles of wine worth $700 given by big Chinese donors. * September 6, 2016: Shorten tells off his 'junior senator' but will not sack him. Dastyari bumbles through a 26-minute press conference where he admits he was wrong to have a Chinese donor pay outstanding bills. He remains defiant that he did not provide political favours in return for the payments. * September 7, 2016: Quits Labor shadow ministry and role as manager of opposition business in the Senate. * October 2016: Met with Huang at the businessman's Sydney mansion and reportedly told him they should leave their phones inside while they spoke outside, as a counter-surveillance measure, and warned him his phone may be tapped. * February 2017: Appointed deputy opposition whip in the Senate. * June 2017: ABC's Four Corners reports Dastyari lobbied for Huang to secure Australian citizenship. He says such efforts were part of his job and his office had dealt with hundreds of citizenship matters since he was elected. * November 28, 2017: Fairfax reports on the October 2016 meeting with Huang. Full audio of the June 2016 press conference emerges, contradicting the senator's September 2016 explanation. * November 29, 2017: Bill Shorten tells Dastyari he must resign senior parliamentary positions, including as deputy opposition whip in the Senate. Dastyari says he is 'shocked' the audio does not match his recollection of what he said at the press conference. Source: AAP Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5131447/Emotional-Sam-Dastyari-chokes-tears-Senate.html#ixzz4zuEVAISv Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook