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NZ, Australia host talks on Pacific engagement | Sky News AustraliaForeign Minister Marine Payne is meeting with her New Zealand counterpart Winston Peters on Waiheke Island, east of Auckland, for a bilateral meeting focused on their shared commitment to the Pacific. \n\nBoth governments are making a push for further engagement, pumping in extra resources amid concerns about China’s influence in the Pacific. \n\nDuncan Lewis, ASIO's director general of security, and his New Zealand counterpart are also taking part in the talks.\n\n\n\n Marine Payne?🤔 Marise ? Payne ! Oh Sky News !
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Chinese political donor reportedly has Australian passport cancelled | Sky News AustraliaChinese political donor Huang Xiangmo is believed to have had his passport denied by the Home Affairs Department due to concerns about his correspondence with ASIO.\n\nMr Huang has reportedly been stranded overseas after officials declared him unfit to hold an Australian passport and cancelled his permanent residency. \n\nThe Age reports he is trying to return to his Sydney home after his application to become an Australian citizen was rejected. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Good riddance The Govt should expect citizens to uphold basic Australian values of Democracy & individual freedoms (eg free speech); Australian citizens should act in the interests of Australian people & not behave like foreign agents inside our country under the guise of Australian Citizens. Good, you’ll have to wait till bill gets in
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Dastyari reveals how he was 'courted' by Chinese billionaire | Sky News AustraliaFormer Labor Senator Sam Dastyari has revealed the lengths Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo would go to, to court Australian politicians.\n\nMr Dastyari resigned from his seat in parliament following revelations of his relationship with the Chinese national. \n\nHe claims Mr Huang would gift politicians millions in donations and treat them to expensive nights out. \n\nThe Communist Party-aligned Huang Xiangmo, who has donated money to both Labor and the Coalition, has been living in Sydney with his wife and children since 2011 but has now been stripped of his permanent Australian residency and refused entry into the country.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Oh Sam, you’re irrelevant now! Just go away little man! Sam please..... AustLabourParty are always for sale. Only the amount varies.
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Australia denies citizenship to billionaire Chinese political donorHuang Xiangmo and his companies have donated millions to Australian political parties but his bid for citizenship has been rejected. GOOD!! Shanghai Sam and Beijing Bob’s best mate not coming back to Australia. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Because there’s an Election soon!
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Chinese political donor denied Australian passport | Sky News AustraliaAustralian officials have reportedly denied prominent Chinese businessman and political donor Huang Xiangmo a passport, leaving him stranded in Beijing.\n\nOfficials have reportedly declared him unfit to hold an Australian passport and cancelled his permanent residency. \n\nMr Huang has been told his application to become an Australian citizen has been turned down and permanent residency cancelled, according to The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.\n\nThe Communist Party-aligned businessman, who has donated money to both Labor and the coalition, has been living in Sydney with his wife and children since 2011.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia \n\n\n\n aclennell But Labor does nothing wrong
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Beijing closes account of one of Australia's most popular Chinese online communitiesChina bans the WeChat account of an online community boasting 300,000 followers despite the site's 'strict self-censorship', forming part of a broader crackdown on media sources from outside of China.
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Dastyari reveals how he was 'courted' by Chinese billionaire | Sky News AustraliaFormer Labor Senator Sam Dastyari has revealed the lengths Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo would go to, to court Australian politicians.\n\nMr Dastyari resigned from his seat in parliament following revelations of his relationship with the Chinese national. \n\nHe claims Mr Huang would gift politicians millions in donations and treat them to expensive nights out. \n\nThe Communist Party-aligned businessman, who has donated money to both Labor and the Coalition, has been living in Sydney with his wife and children since 2011 but has now been stripped of his permanent Australian residency and refused entry into the country.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n J_C_Campbell Happy Chinese New Year CPC Slippery Sam. It’s the year of the PIG. Who’s 5th column trough will you be slurping at this year? pmlive auspol outsiders J_C_Campbell So did Tony Abbott and Stuart Robert. But hey, corruption is the new normal in the LNP. Now, where's Tim Wilson and his snake oil parliamentary inquiry? J_C_Campbell at least he is coming clean - but i guess there is a deal on the table
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Chinese billionaire demands major Parties return donations | Sky News AustraliaChinese billionaire Huang Xinagmo, who had his Australian residency revoked, is calling on the Liberal and Labor parties to hand back the money he has donated.\n\nMr Huang's application to become an Australian citizen was rejected over concerns of suspected links to the Chinese Community Party.\n\nThe businessman donated at least $1.2 million to the Labor and Liberal parties between 2012 and 2016.\n\nIn a statement, Xiangmo says 'The decision of visa cancellation was made based on unfounded speculations that are prejudiced and groundless'.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n And so they should give back this bribe
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Australia’s border protection policy is humanitarian and compassionate: Downer | Sky News AustraliaLiberal Candidate for Mayo Georgina Downer says that Operation Sovereign Borders is ‘humanitarian’ and is ‘about compassion’, stopping unnecessary deaths at sea.\n\nMs Downer says that ultimately, she wants people out of offshore detention, but the priority is to stop boats. \n\nPrime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Sunday that the last asylum-seeker children are leaving Nauru and will head to the US with their families.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n GeorginaDowner im confused. hasn't the govt said they have stopped the boats already or are they lying. maybe she needs to use her advisors and networks to find out what is goung on. she just come across as someone who talks for the sake of it. kelliekelly23 GeorginaDowner Another small ‘L’ Liberal?
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Medical transfers bill will compromise Australia's border: ASIO | Sky News AustraliaASIO has warned up to a thousand asylum seekers could arrive in Australia within weeks if Kerryn Phelps’ medical transfers bill becomes law. \n\nSky News has confirmed that the intelligence agency told the government the bill ‘would undermine regional processing and compromise Australia’s strong border protection regime’. \n\n\n\n\n RichardDiNatale once again - RichardDiNatale being disingenuous - it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand operation sovereign borders - but you don't even seem to be that smart - YOU WILL be held accountable. RichardDiNatale Di Natalie needs serious medical attention not the economic opportunists on Manus and Nauru RichardDiNatale Arrest this clown as well. He's a leftie terrorist.
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