Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Brandis. I refer the minister to a recent ABC Four Corners report which said:

But there are hidden dangers in doing business with China: endemic corruption; a lack of transparency in both business and the legal system, and questions about where the money is coming from and whether ill-gotten gains are being laundered.

"China (is) by far the biggest exporter of illicit capital."

With billions of dollars flowing out of China, international money laundering experts are warning that some of it is making its way into Australia:

I also refer the minister to the Australian Electoral Commission figures which show that since 2007 the Liberal Party have accepted almost $2 million in political donations from two businessmen closely linked to the Chinese communist government. Can the minister—