Labor has outed ASIO’s alleged “foreign puppeteer“:
A billionaire and political donor has been named in a parliamentary hearing as the suspected “puppeteer” involved in a foreign interference plot to bankroll candidates in the federal election.
Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching on Monday night quizzed the boss of Australia’s spy agency Mike Burgess about the foiled plot, which was first revealed last week in his annual threat assessment.
“I am reliably informed that the puppeteer mentioned in your case study in your annual threat assessment speech last week is Chau Chak Wing,” Senator Kitching said, using parliamentary privilege.
The list of those that owe Chau Chak Wing is as long as it is…well…Conservative:
Charity Soldier On has benefited from an overwhelming share of Dr Chau’s generosity, with $1,560,000 already donated or pledged to the organisation.
The Australian War Memorial has also picked up a substantial sum of $620,000 in the last six years.
Earlier this year the Commandos Welfare Trust, Legacy and Lifeline received $50,000 each, taking Dr Chau’s total spend on ex-military and suicide prevention groups to $2,330,000.
Dr Chau’s large donations to the Australian War Memorial have seen him named an honorary fellow of the institution, a title reserved for only 10 Australians.
Seven West Media boss Kerry Stokes is the chairman of the War Memorial, and former prime minister Tony Abbott recently became a council member.
…His last political donation was $30,000, to NSW Labor in 2017.
He is also believed to have donated up to $45 million to two Sydney universities and had a building named after him, colloquially known as the “crumpled brown paper bag”.
The two are the UTS and Sydney University tertiary institutions turned CCP whorebags.
And let’s not forget:
The WA Liberal Party will not return $400,000 in donations from a Chinese-born businessman at the heart of allegations he funded the bribery of a senior United Nations official.
That’s your Liberal Party China hawks for ya.
Chau Chak Wing has strenuously denied such allegations and sued the pants off anybody making them. So, I will only note that when CCP agents of foreign influence (whoever they are) arrived in Australia with Aldi bags of cash, they must have laughed out loud at the bipartisan reception.
