LEGISLATIVE BODIES – PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES

MP’s China donor bombshell

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Original article by Simon Benson
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 23-May-18

Liberal MP Andrew Hastie has used parliamentary privilege to name property developer Chau Chak Wing as a suspect in the payment of bribes to a United Nations official in 2013. He said Chau is the individual that the FBI has given the code-name of "CC-3" in the bribery case. Chau has denied any involvement in the plot, and lawyer Mark O’Brien has stated that the FBI gave his client a pseudonym to protect his reputation, as he had never been a suspect. Chau, who has made substantial donations to both of Australia’s major political parties, has also denied that he has ever been a member of China’s Communist Party.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, UNITED STATES. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, UNITED NATIONS, COMMUNIST PARTY (CHINA), FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION

Clerks in warning on spy laws

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Original article by Simon Benson
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 27-Mar-18

Senate clerk Richard Pye and House of Representatives clerk David Elder have warned of the potential impact of proposed foreign interference and espionage laws on parliamentarians. They have used submissions to a joint committee on intelligence and security inquiry to express concern that the legislation could potentially override parliamentary privilege by requiring MPs to disclose details of any meetings they have held with foreign officials. The bill has previously attracted criticism from media companies and business groups.

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AUSTRALIA. JOINT PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HOME AFFAIRS, AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY