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King of the camouflage: Money laundering lawyer joins clients behind bars

King of the camouflage: Money laundering lawyer joins clients behind bars

Sydney lawyer Sevag Chalabian has been sentenced to 12 years in jail over washing $24 million in blackmail money linked to the Plutus Payroll scam.

  • by Kate McClymont

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ICAC report shines light on urgent need for political donations reform
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ICAC report shines light on urgent need for political donations reform

Political parties have blocked basic rules of governance and transparency, which helped a Chinese billionaire make a $100,000 donation to the ALP.

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ICAC finds former NSW Labor MP Ernest Wong corrupt

ICAC finds former NSW Labor MP Ernest Wong corrupt

The NSW corruption watchdog has found former Labor MP Ernest Wong engaged in serious corrupt conduct as part of a scheme to circumvent the state’s donation laws.

  • by Tom Rabe
Vigilance against foreign influence does not require overzealous suspicion of Chinese-Australians

Vigilance against foreign influence does not require overzealous suspicion of Chinese-Australians

Our liberal democracy needs citizens engaged in civil society - and that also goes for Chinese-Australians and their community organisations.

  • by Jennifer Hsu
Labor’s Kristina Keneally met with head of United Front group

Labor’s Kristina Keneally met with head of United Front group

Labor’s home affairs spokeswoman said she didn’t know the man was the head of a peak Chinese propaganda body when she met with him.

  • by Anthony Galloway
Communist Party appoints ‘influence agent’ Huang Xiangmo to top Hong Kong post

Communist Party appoints ‘influence agent’ Huang Xiangmo to top Hong Kong post

The 1500 members of the Hong Kong election committee have all been vetted by the Chinese security agencies and will help select almost half the Hong Kong legislature in 2022.

  • by Nick McKenzie
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Huang Xiangmo takes challenge to asset freeze to the High Court

Huang Xiangmo takes challenge to asset freeze to the High Court

The one-time major political donor is no longer in Australia but his lawyers are battling an asset freeze related to a $140 million tax judgment.

  • by Nick Bonyhady
Australia’s funpark for felons leaves the nation vulnerable to hostile foreign powers

Australia’s funpark for felons leaves the nation vulnerable to hostile foreign powers

Casinos are not only ideal for criminals to disguise the origins of their ill-gotten gains. Agents of foreign powers could use them too.

  • by Peter Hartcher
Melbourne man with Liberal Party links charged under foreign interference laws

Melbourne man with Liberal Party links charged under foreign interference laws

A Melbourne man with suspected links to Beijing's overseas influence arm has become the first person charged under Australia's landmark foreign interference laws.

  • by Anthony Galloway, Paul Sakkal and Nick McKenzie
Beijing influence or racism? China debate hits Melbourne council elections
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Beijing influence or racism? China debate hits Melbourne council elections

A Labor-aligned candidate running in a Melbourne council ward says she no longer wants to win after being accused of being a Chinese agent of influence.

  • by Anthony Galloway and Alex Chung
Inside the global alliance attempting to stifle China

Inside the global alliance attempting to stifle China

The medieval church cloisters in the small Dutch city of Maastricht are an unlikely setting for Chinese Communist Party influence. 

  • by Eryk Bagshaw

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