The Attorney General's department is “making a mockery” of Australia's stringent foreign interference laws, according to Liberal Senator James Paterson. Earlier this year the Attorney-General's department reportedly sent a letter to Mr Abbott asking him to register as an agent of foreign influence after the former prime minister agreed to address the inaugural Australian Conservative Political Action Conference. Mr Abbott reportedly declined the request.
The Coalition established the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme at the end of 2018 in order to monitor individuals who may be attempting to influence Australian politics on behalf of a foreign power. Senator Paterson told Sky News the government is “disturbed” by the way the department interpreted the law. He said the legislation is designed to “safeguard” Australian sovereignty and not to target former prime ministers who are engaging in speaking tours.
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Me looking for flying f*cks to give about whatever that animated corpse is saying 🙄
SenPaterson Would SenPaterson be so “disturbed” if MrKRudd or JuliaGillard were asked to register as agents of foreign influence or is it just LiberalAus politicians, like HonTonyAbbott, to whom the law should not apply? auspol
Well if you wanted to fix Canberra you would need a big broom and go sweep through the Bureaucrats and the Lobbyists get rid of these overpaid, overpowered people and then we might have a chance of good governments
ScottMorrisonMP and cporterwa 's public sector is out of control, attacking the government's base
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