How the Liberal party’s stance on China cost them safe seats | ABC NEWS
The traditionally blue-ribbon seat of Menzies has changed hands from Liberal MP Keith Wolahan to Labor candidate Gabriel Ng, as many Chinese Australians voted against the Coalition in fear of renewed China-Australia tensions. The electorate swung to Labor after Liberal Senator Jane Hume suggested there were Beijing spies within the Chinese community in Australia. ABC Asia Pacific reporter Jason Fang says many Chinese Australians felt they had been ‘scapegoated’.
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