Chinese government interference in Australian Federal election 2019 reported

Federal election 2019 code red: China after ‘election information’
The West Australian can confirm the Chinese consulate in Perth has made direct contact with at least five Federal MPs and candidates from the Coalition and Labor seeking meetings with them during the campaign. For some MPs and candidates the contact came via an “Easter email” that wished the candidates and MPs a happy Easter and asked if they would be open to a “post-Easter meeting”.


For others it was a more direct contact.