Labor senator Sam Dastyari faces more scrutiny over his links with China after an explosive tape recording reveals he delivered a scripted, deliberate and detailed defence of the Chinese government's aggressive land grab in the South China Sea, despite his repeated attempts to deny it.
And Fairfax Media has confirmed that intelligence collected by national security officials corroborates that Senator Dastyari planned to make the comments before he delivered them.
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Nick McKenzie is an Age investigative journalist who has twice been named the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year. A winner of 16 Walkley Awards, including the Gold Walkley, he investigates politics, business, foreign affairs and criminal justice. Email Nick at nickmckenzie@protonmail.com
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