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Labor Senator Sam Dastyari quits

Labor Senator Sam Dastyari, pictured earlier this week

Labor Senator Sam Dastyari, pictured earlier this week Source: WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images

Labor Senator Sam Dastyari has yielded to pressure and resigned his spot on the federal opposition frontbench. Senator Dastyari has admitted making a mistake in asking a donor with links to the Chinese government to pay a personal debt of his of around sixteen hundred dollars. Dastyari acknowledged that that admission was not enough.


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By Sunil Awasthi

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Labor Senator Sam Dastyari has yielded to pressure and resigned his spot on the federal opposition frontbench. Senator Dastyari has admitted making a mistake in asking a donor with links to the Chinese government to pay a personal debt of his of around sixteen hundred dollars. Dastyari acknowledged that that admission was not enough.



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