According to an audit conducted by opposition senator James Paterson in August, the $200 billion sovereign wealth fund first forayed into Chinese markets in 2007, but its investment exposures grew as China developed into a critical financial market.
Stakes in over 50 Chinese companies associated with the People’s Liberation Army, involved in the oppression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, and invested in sanctioned nations such as Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
Several of the audited companies have faced international censure, including being barred from businesses in North American and European markets, mandated by Canada to relinquish some critical mineral investments, delisted in the US for audit non-compliance, fined for breaching money laundering laws, and penalised for not reporting hazardous products and violating US sanctions.
Yeah nobody is paying attention to an “audit” with that result conducted by a far right libertarian free marketeer with a history of anti-china media stunts.
There’s a mouthful. Free market except when….
I like how this brushes over the fact that the investment is from 2007 and the Liberals held governement for 9 years yet did nothing about it. Why should we trust them to do anything about it given another term of government?
