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The latest controversy in our Federal Parliament is about Gladys Liu and her possible connections with the Chinese Government as well as questions over political donations. Which is of concern to all of us.
Ms Liu has a history of not being truthful in her role as Liberal Party Communities Engagement Committee Chairwoman for Victoria.
Gladys Liu also tacitly supported LIES circulated by her WeChat private social media group about the Labor Party during her OWN election campaign this year:
And while Ms Liu denied that the Liberals had any role in the safe schools WeChat campaign against Labor - these fear campaigns had very similar tones:
As well Ms Liu did not list a number of her associations and even a company directorship on her Liberal Pre-selection form needed to nominate as a Liberal candidate:
"Another issue is a company called AUSTRALIAN ACCESS CAPITAL COMPANY PTY. LTD. which Gladys Liu is the sole director and shareholder as per ASIC records. Yet Liu failed to declare it on her parliamentary declaration of interests until mid-August 2019 and “that is around the time media were beginning to probe her business affairs and associations” tweeted Senator Rex Patrick who uncovered the problem"
More details about this is in the attached link at the end of the story..
Also if Ms Liu is ONLY about Australia then why DID and her Committee argue for a reduction in the thresholds for the over-sight of the sale of Australian Agricultural land?
Gladys Liu’s Chinese links explained:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-15/gladys-lui-united-front-work-department/11511028
And there are still questions about that $105,000 donation for nothing(?) from Ms Liu's employers:
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2019/09/16/gladys-liu-dinner-pm-never-happened/
Some thoughts about the PM’s insistence this is just a ‘racist’ issue & some summaries:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-13/asking-questions-about-gladys-liu-is-not-racist/11508036
https://morningmail.org/bolt-has-more-to-say-about-the-gladys-liu-saga/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-14/gladys-liu-scott-morrison-hubris/11511280
https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2019/09/gladys-liu-double-agent-divides-and-conquers/
The link attached to this update exaplains about the challenge regarding the ‘interesting’ purple and white election posters the Liberal party used at polling booths in Chisolm and Kooyong:
“On Wednesday 18th September the High Court sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns which hears challenges regarding the validity of federal elections, will hear directions for the challenge against the elections of Gladys Liu and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Both are being challenged for electoral fraud.
The ABC reported:
The challenges centre on Chinese-language Liberal Party posters that appeared at voting booths on election day, which they said were designed to deceive voters.
The posters, which featured the AEC’s distinctive purple and white colouring and were written in Chinese, instructed voters at polling stations that the “correct way to vote” was to place a “1” next to the name of the Liberal candidate on the ballot paper.
They were officially authorised by the Liberal Party’s Victorian state director in small text at the bottom of the poster”
The AEC has previously ruled the posters were not in breach of the Electoral Act because they were properly authorised and the AEC “does not own the colour purple”.
But the applications argued the posters were deceptive because they led voters to believe that “in order to cast a valid vote, the number ‘1’ had to be placed on the green ballot paper that was next to the Liberal candidate”
IT WILL COST A LOT OF MONEY to mount these High Court challenges which puts them WELL OUT OF THE REACH of less wealthy or well-supported Candidates.
SO IF we HAD a CODE OF INTEGRITY or ETHICS as part of a NATIONAL INTEGRITY COMMISSION - would Gladys’ and some of our OTHER politicians’ CONDUCT be seen as ETHICAL or demonstrating INTEGRITY, would they even DARE to BEHAVE the WAY they do and WOULD they STILL be in our PARLIAMENT?