Q&A: Sam Dastyari says Gladys Liu should quit parliament
(The Guardian China)

Former Labor senator says he´s a `symbol of the system being broken´ as he calls for ban on all political donationsThe former Labor senator Sam Dastyari has said the embattled Liberal MP Gladys Liu should quit parliament, as he repeated his call for a ban on all political donations.Declaring himself a `symbol of the system being broken`, the one-time New South Wales Labor powerbroker also used his appearance on the ABC´s Q&A program to rail against the influence of money on politics, saying he believed Australia´s climate policies would be `very different` if it were removed from the political system.Will we see AFP raids on MPs involved in taking cash from Chinese developers with close ties to mainland China? #QandA pic.twitter.com/MR4hHCDxXrMadeleine King, Eva Cox, and John Lee discuss distrust, democracy, accountability and absolution. #QandA pic.twitter.com/Vdr1lTLe4BI`m only here for the Dastyari trainwreck and him taking down everyone with him. #qandaSam Dastyari is the personification of the notion of the benefit of hindsight. #qandaAll political donations should be tied to a personal Tax File Number and limited to $10k per tax year #qandaIs there a culture of `chronic self-interest` amongst politicians - and if so, will this ever change? #QandA pic.twitter.com/LnjYBjWKlG Continue reading...