Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has defended his state colleagues on the issue of foreign donations, despite the fact the Federal Government is trying to ban them.
Federal Parliament is currently debating a suite of foreign interference laws, including banning foreign nationals from chipping in for the nation's political parties.
The issue came to fever pitch last year in Canberra, as Labor's Sam Dastyari was grilled over his links to a Chinese businessman before he eventually resigned from the Senate.
But on the campaign trail in South Australia, the Prime Minister defended his state colleagues' preparedness to accept foreign cash — in particular from mysterious donor Sally Zou.
Last week Ms Zou tweeted and promptly deleted a photo of a $1.2 million cheque made out to the SA Liberals, and the party said it was yet to receive the funds.
Source: abc
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