Andrew Hastie's use of US intelligence over bribery allegation 'a concern', Dreyfus says
by Paul Karp from World news | The Guardian on (#3QWFP)
Shadow attorney general says he 'wouldn't have dreamed' of using Chau Chak Wing information as Liberal MP did
Mark Dreyfus has said he "wouldn't have dreamed ever" of using intelligence information in the way Andrew Hastie did when he used parliamentary privilege to name a Chinese-Australian billionaire as a alleged conspirator in a plot to bribe a United Nations official.
On Wednesday, Malcolm Turnbull said that he was not forewarned that Hastie was going to name Chau Chak Wing, one of Australia's biggest political donors, and has now sought information from Australia's intelligence agencies about the implications.
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