Australia's prime minister on Tuesday accused an influential minor political party of trying to 'sell Australia's gun laws to the highest bidders' by asking the U.S. gun lobby for donations.
FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2019, file photo Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison addresses media at Parliament House in Canberra. CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's prime minister on Tuesday accused an influential minor political party of trying to "sell Australia's gun laws to the highest bidders" by asking the U.S. gun lobby for donations.
Morrison said the revelations were reasons why Australians should not vote for One Nation at general elections due in May. "The idea of One National political party operatives going to the United States, seeking millions of dollars, promising to water-down gun law protection in Australia -- that was absolutely horrifying," Shorten said.
"Al Jazeera are a state owned propaganda arm of the Qatari government that supports Islamic extremist groups and are not a legitimate media organization," the statement said. One Nation state president Steve Dickson, who is a Senate candidate at the next election, travelled with Ashby and Muller to the United States to ask for political donations, Al Jazeera reported.
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