George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

And I've done so, Mr President, by refuting the wrong suggestion that the Prime Minister hinted at an investigation. He did not. Coming to the rest of your question, Senator Di Natale, I don't know the details of that donation, but I can assure you that the Liberal Party is compliant with all of its disclosure obligations under the Commonwealth Electoral Act. All political parties accept donations from businesspeople—my side of politics does; the Labor Party does; the Greens do—and there is no prohibition on businesspeople donating to political parties just because they are Chinese. That's not the question here, Senator.