Australia’s nationalist One Nation party allegedly sought millions of dollars from the U.S. gun lobby and discussed weakening the country’s strict gun control laws with the U.S. National Rifle Association: report
SYDNEY - Australia's nationalist One Nation party allegedly sought millions of dollars from the U.S. gun lobby and discussed weakening the country's strict gun control laws with the U.S. National Rifle Association, Al Jazeera reported.
Concerned about foreign influence in Australian politics, particularly from China, the government introduced laws banning foreign political donations in November last year. The One Nation meetings took place in September. "These conversations with the NRA were to look at nothing more than their techniques," Ashby told reporters in Brisbane."This was not about sourcing money from the NRA."
Australia banned semi-automatic weapons, launched a firearm buy-back scheme after the massacre, and imposed strict licensing rules which require weapons to be locked up when not in use. In another meeting with a U.S. gun lobby supporter, Dickson says:"It's going to get down to money at the end of the day. We can change the voting system in our country, the way people operate, if we've got the money to do it."
In an emailed statement to Reuters, Ashby described the recordings as"skullduggery" and said he had referred the matter to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and the Australian Federal Police over concerns of foreign political interference in the lead-up to a federal election in May.
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