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\nScott Morrison has realized he can get away with it. Riverfire should not be cancelled. And we offer an interesting option to consider should you face a tough meeting at work.
\n3:05 Jacinta Price
\nScott, Paul and Craig went to see her at a public event.
\n10:00 Gladys Liu
\nThe ABC reported on Gladys Liu in August.
\nKey points:
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\n* Liberal MP Gladys Liu has been tied to an organisation linked to China’s United Front
\n* United Front forms part of Beijing’s over-arching strategy for influencing foreign governments and expatriate Chinese
\n* Ms Liu said she only joined the organisation to help promote trade and resigned in 2016
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\nAndrew Bolt interview: she dodged and ducked, not very well.
\nThe Liberal Party is leaking against her.
\nAudio: Morrison plays the race card, Wong responds and then Morrison denies saying Shanghai Sam
\nOn\u00a0Sky News, Bolt asked the PM whether ASIO was also \u201cracist\u201d for warning Mr Turnbull off the meeting last year, or if Labor was racist for asking why Ms Liu \u201cfalsely denied on this show to having served on two Chinese organisations that are now part of China\u2019s official propaganda arm\u201d.
\nPlus, she and Frydenberg face High Court problems.
\nThe High Court of Australia, sitting as the\u00a0Court of Disputed Returns\u00a0which hears challenges regarding the validity of federal elections, will hear directions on\u00a0Wednesday 18/9/19\u00a0for the challenge against the elections of Gladys Liu and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Both are being challenged for electoral fraud.
\nThe ABC reported:
\nThe challenges centre on Chinese-language Liberal Party posters that\u00a0appeared at voting booths on election day, which they said were designed to deceive voters.
\nThe posters, which featured the AEC\u2019s distinctive purple and white colouring and were written in Chinese, instructed voters at polling stations that the \u201ccorrect way to vote\u201d was to place a \u201c1\u201d next to the name of the Liberal candidate on the ballot paper.
\nScott Morrison and the coalition only hold power with a 2 seat majority and if Gladys Liu is forced to resign or the High Court order a by-election the chance is good that Labor will win Liu\u2019s seat of Chisholm given Liu only won it by 1000 votes in 2019 and that is what Morrison is most worried about.
\nFrom Jack Waterford in the John Menadue Blog
\nThe case of Ms Liu, on the basis of what we know, differs significantly from that of the disgraced Sam Dastyari. Senator Dastyari gave every appearance of being bought, or rented, by the Chinese government. He was getting bills paid. There seems a close relationship with money and his willingness to adopt and promote policies about China at odds with official party policy. He had certainly swallowed the small hook, as ASIO puts it, and looked as if he was now being gaffed.
\nMs Liu, by contrast, was active in the Chinese community. She is perfectly entitled, as is any Australian citizen, of Chinese extraction or otherwise, to join organisations promoting trade or intercourse with China, pushing China\u2019s interpretation of its rights and...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/085762e2-797c-4ef4-9b10-434ecde61c07/logo2018v2.jpg"}