A federal Liberal backbencher believes embattled MP Gladys Liu has already done enough to clear her name, as more revelations emerged about her past.
The first-term Victorian MP is under fire over donations and links to the Chinese Communist Party.
The ABC has obtained a motion that was put forward to Ms Liu's Victorian Liberal Party conference in 2017, when she was president of its Eastern Multicultural Branch, to make foreign investment in agribusiness and agricultural land easier and without approval by the Foreign Investment Review Board.
Liberal member for Chisholm Gladys Liu wipes away tears during Question Time in the House of Representatives. Source: AAP
It also accused public attitudes toward foreign investment as being driven by xenophobia, Australia's national broadcaster said.
But her NSW colleague, Liberal MP Trent Zimmerman believes she has already done enough to clear her name, describing such revelations as a "witch hunt".
"Gladys Liu's loyalty to Australia has been questioned in the media and in the parliament and that's disgraceful," Mr Zimmerman told ABC television on Saturday.
"Frankly, it wouldn't be happening if she wasn't Hong Kong-born."
Liberal Member for North Sydney Trent Zimmerman. Source: AAP
Prime Minister Scott Morrison also described such scrutiny from Labor and opposition parties as having "grubby undertones", which has been taken by many as meaning racist.
But Labor said it has nothing to with racism and everything to do with accountability.
The spotlight was put on Ms Liu after an interview with Sky News earlier this week where she failed to acknowledge her past allegiances or tow the bi-partisan position over the South China Sea.
Her Liberal supporters have described it as nothing more than a "clumsy" interview, but Labor senator Tim Ayres thought it was a "catastrophe".
Senator Ayres says Ms Liu still has questions to answer in the parliament, as does the prime minister.
"Deal with it, deal with it quickly. But the Liberal Party isn't capable of dealing with this quickly and just wants to play the politics," he told ABC television.
