Labor is reeling after an adviser resigned amid revelations that the party bankrolled its 2016 federal election campaign with the help of up to $140,000 in donations from gold dealers linked to a multimillion-dollar tax scam.
The resignation from NSW Labor of rising star, 2016 Senate candidate and gold trader Simon Zhou, comes as respected ALP MP Anthony Byrne called for a full parliamentary inquiry into foreign interference and donations, with public hearings by the joint parliamentary intelligence committee, of which he is deputy chair.
“This has to be done, even if it involves our own side,” Mr Byrne said.
Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has savaged NSW Labor senator Sam Dastyari in Parliament over his June 17, 2016, press con…
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