Gladys Liu

2022 - 4 - 25

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Scott Morrison accuses Labor of 'sewer tactics' over Gladys Liu ... (The Guardian)

Opposition ads say Chisholm MP 'spread fake news on Chinese messaging apps' and had to return $300000 in donations over national security concerns.

We wouldn’t have cut bilateral aid to the Solomon Islands.” “We’ll have more to say about [foreign aid] during the course of the election, as Penny Wong has made clear. That year, Labor raised questions over the Hong-Kong born Liu’s membership of Chinese organisations linked to the Communist party. When asked by host David Speers if that meant Labor would pledge greater amounts of foreign aid than the Coalition currently, Chalmers did not rule it out. In 2019, the Liberal Party came under fire for placing posters at polling places on election day in similar colours to official AEC material. Labor views Chisholm as a major prospect in its hunt for seats to claim majority government.

Labor defends ad attacking Liberal MP Gladys Liu (SBS)

The Labor Party has defended online adverts targeting Gladys Liu, the Liberal MP for the marginal seat of Chisholm, that raised national security concerns.

Or a story you’d like us to cover? Do you have an election question you’d like answered? Or a story you’d like us to cover? "She spread fake news on Chinese messaging apps, she and the Liberal Party had to give back $300,000 because the donors were deemed a national security risk and her campaign tried to trick voters with election day signage in the colours of the Australian Electoral Commission. Do you have an election question you’d like answered? "She spread fake news on Chinese messaging apps, she and the Liberal Party had to give back $300,000 because the donors were deemed a national security risk and her campaign tried to trick voters with election day signage in the colours of the Australian Electoral Commission.

'Sewer tactic': Scott Morrison blasts Labor ad on Gladys Liu, but won't say whether it's inaccurate (Manning River Times)

Scott Morrison has described a Labor attack ad on Liberal MP Gladys Liu as a "sewer tactic" but repeatedly declined to answer when asked whether it is inaccurate. A pre-election ad titled "What do we know about Gladys Liu?" accuses the Hong Kong-born ...

This is how you can continue to access our trusted content: If you are already a subscriber, thank you for your support. "The Labor Party here is being dishonest, deceitful and engaging in scare tactics and in a racist attack ad on the first Chinese born person to sit in the House of Representatives," he said.

Morrison, Frydenberg say Labor ad targeting Gladys Liu is racist (The Age)

What do we know about Liberal Gladys Liu?” a male voice says in the ad, with an ominous-sounding background track.

But Penny Wong, Labor’s foreign affairs spokeswoman and who is from a Chinese-Malaysian background, said the ad raised legitimate questions. “Gladys Liu is a very effective local member. She is a proud Australian citizen. Foreign policy and national security have emerged as a fault line during the election campaign. “The Labor Party here is ... engaging in scare tactics, and in a racist attack ad on the first Chinese-born person to sit in the House of Representatives,” he said. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told reporters in Melbourne on Sunday that Liu, who holds the ultra-marginal eastern suburbs seat of Chisholm, was a “proud Australian citizen” and admonished the “desperate, dishonest, racist attack ad by the Labor Party” without specifically outlining why he believed it was inappropriate to reference Liu’s links to the donations.

'Sewer tactics': PM's fury at 'racist' ALP ads (NEWS.com.au)

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has accused the Labor Party of going after Liberal MP Gladys Liu just because she is a Chinese woman.

“And here we have a Labor Party who is attacking Australia and the Australian government, rather than calling out what the Chinese government has been doing in interference in our region. “She is a proud Australian citizen and the racist attack ad by the Labor Party has no place in our community,” he said. Mr Frydenberg said Labor was being “deceitful”, accusing the party of engaging in “scare tactics” targeting the first Chinese-born person to sit in the House of Representatives. The $300,000 in donations referenced in the ad refers to a report by the Herald Sun from 2019, which claimed the Victorian branch of the Liberal Party returned the hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations from guests invited to a Melbourne fundraiser by Ms Liu in 2015. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has accused the Labor Party of going after Liberal MP Gladys Liu just because she is a Chinese woman. Scott Morrison has accused the Labor Party of targeting Liberal MP Gladys Liu with “racist” attacks.

'Sewer tactic': Morrison blasts Labor attack ad on Gladys Liu (Camden Advertiser)

Scott Morrison has described a Labor attack ad on Liberal MP Gladys Liu as a "sewer tactic" but repeatedly declined to answer when asked whether it is ...

'Sewer tactic': Scott Morrison blasts Labor ad on Gladys Liu, but won ... (The Canberra Times)