Tony Windsor accuses Barnaby Joyce of 'self-interest' over Santos Nationals donations
by Gabrielle Chan from Environment | The Guardian on (#1GKJH)
Independent candidate for New England speaks of donations from mining company to federal Nationals
Tony Windsor has accused Barnaby Joyce of a conflict of interest on water security, claiming the federal National party took more than $80,000 in donations from mining company Santos after the water trigger legislation was introduced.
Windsor claimed since he introduced the water trigger legislation in 2011 to assess the impacts of large mining projects on water quality, a steady stream of donations from Santos to the National party began.
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