Labor senator Sam Dastyari has resigned from Labor’s frontbench after mounting criticism on the donations he received from a Chinese-linked company.
On Tuesday he apologised for allowing the company to pay off a $1,600 travel debt he owed to the Commonwealth.
It came after Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said Senator Dastyari made a mistake but he deserved a second chance.
More to come.
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And as expected it's game on for all our politicians.
It seems Cory Bernadi has his own problems now with his CLF organisation avoiding the AEC registry, an entity that has been taking donations from foreign donors.
The problem is that neither party can take the moral high ground. They all take far too much money from overseas donors/buyers