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By Peter West, published 5/12/2017We see China as backward, polluted and primitive, with appalling standards in the way the Chinese treat human beings.
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Dastyari should be headed for jail already, and China, apart from trade should be treated as the threat to our sovereignty and security that it is. China is an enemy, not a friend; it cares only for itself, and our politicians are simply too dumb to realise this.
Posted by ttbn, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 8:06:55 AM
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Posted by mhaze, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 11:02:49 AM
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Dastyari should be in Manus island and all iron ore given to Tasmania for land-fill . Bomb Beijing , Tibet and the Senate.
Posted by nicknamenick, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 11:12:18 AM
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THE TURNBULL GOVERNMENT IS EXCUSING ITS OWN EX-MINISTER
ANDREW ROBB'S BIGGER DEALINGS WITH CHINA. According to The Sydney Morning Herald Robb is recieving more than $800,000 from China. More than Dastyari ever dreamed of. The Sydney Morning Herald, JUNE 6 2017 http://www.smh.com.au/national/investigations/liberal-andrew-robb-took-880k-china-job-as-soon-as-he-left-parliament-20170602-gwje3e.html "Liberal Andrew Robb took $880k China job as soon as he left Parliament" by Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker and Chris Uhlmann "Former Australian trade minister Andrew Robb walked straight out of Parliament last year and into an $880,000-a-year job with a billionaire closely aligned to the Chinese Communist Party and its key trade policy. As part of the "confidential" consultancy deal, Mr Robb, the architect of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, began consulting to Ye Cheng the day before the July 2 federal election last year. The arrangement, uncovered by a Fairfax Media-Four Corners investigation, involves monthly payments of $73,000 (including GST) to Mr Robb starting on July 1, 2016. Mr Robb had announced months earlier he would not recontest his seat of Goldstein. Mr Ye is the owner of Landbridge, which controversially acquired the 99-year lease for the Port of Darwin in 2015. He is also a member of the national Chinese People's Consultative Committee, an advisory body that President Xi Jinping has directed to "uphold the CPC [Chinese Communist Party] leadership without wavering"." "The details of the consultancy have never been disclosed by Mr Ye or Mr Robb. Neither has the fact that Mr Robb is being used to spruik a Chinese Communist Party-backed trade park as part of his consultancy agreement. Mr Ye frames much of his business activity, including the acquisition of the Port of Darwin lease, in terms of advancing Beijing's ambitious global trade and infrastructure project "One Belt, One Road". The port's acquisition sparked a major controversy after then US president Barack Obama complained he hadn't been forewarned. The Defence Department and ASIO have vetted and cleared Landbridge's acquisition of the port. But the director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Peter Jennings, said the port deal might benefit Beijing's long-term strategic interests, and not necessarily those of Australia." MORE TO FOLLOW Posted by plantagenet, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 12:33:54 PM
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FROM ABOVE - Page 2
http://www.smh.com.au/national/investigations/liberal-andrew-robb-took-880k-china-job-as-soon-as-he-left-parliament-20170602-gwje3e.html "Mr Ye publicly announced on September 2 last year that Mr Robb had been appointed as a "high-level economic consultant". At the time, Mr Robb had already been working for Mr Ye for eight weeks, and had earned $146,000, including GST but minus expenses. Mr Robb is one of several senior former Australian politicians who have been hired by or who hold roles funded by businesses or businessmen closely aligned to the Chinese Communist Party. The ethics code for departing ministers bans them for a period of 18 months from lobbying or advocating to the government or public service on any matters they previously dealt with as a minister. They must also ensure their personal conduct upholds the reputation of Parliament. Mr Robb did not answer specific questions about his dealings with Landbridge, but said in a statement: "I can confirm that I fully understand my responsibilities as a former member of cabinet, and I can also confirm that I have, at all times, acted in accordance with those responsibilities." Fairfax Media and Four Corners are not suggesting that Mr Robb has breached his obligations as an ex-minister. The trade park being spruiked in Mr Robb's name is to be built in Rizhao, a thriving port city between Beijing and Shanghai. It is backed by the Communist Party-controlled Rizhao City Government in partnership with Mr Ye. According to an official Chinese government statement, the park is designed to capitalise on the China Australia Free Trade Agreement as well as Mr Ye's purchase of the Darwin port. Mr Ye plans to build a second trade park in Darwin. In April 2016, less than three months before his consultancy agreement began, Mr Robb visited China with an Australian delegation in his capacity as Australia's trade envoy. The delegation was lobbied by Rizhao Communist Party deputy secretary Liu Xingtai to support the trade park as part of a "Two Countries, Two Parks" proposal." MORE TO FOLLOW Posted by plantagenet, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 12:34:05 PM
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