Senator FARRELL (South Australia) (15:35): I move: That the Senate take note of the answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by Opposition senators today. What sort of parallel universe is this government living in at the moment! They're trying to say that the Labor Party is seeking to smear Ms Liu. Let's look at the facts. What did Andrew Probyn from the ABC—a very good journalist—report this morning? He reported: Gladys Liu's association with Chinese figures who were deemed a security risk was the subject of an ASIO investigation even before she entered Parliament or became a Liberal Party candidate. Mr Probyn goes on: The ABC understands ASIO Director-General Duncan Lewis advised that then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, based on the guest list, should not attend a 'meet and greet' organised by Ms Liu in the Victorian electorate of Chisholm for Chinese New Year in February 2018. If that doesn't ring some alarm bells in this government, what does? But there's more. The West Australian today says: The Morrison Government is under pressure to launch a full-blown investigation into Chinese-Australian MP Gladys Liu's links to Beijing, with even its own parliamentarians voicing concerns. This is not the Labor Party making smears against Ms Liu. This is members of the government, on the other side, making it very clear that they've got concerns about Ms Liu's connections with the Chinese government. The report goes on: A handful of Liberal MPs last night told The West Australian they wanted a full probe into their colleague to ensure her loyalties were not divided between China and Australia. This is not an ordinary section 44 issue. Section 44 has been used in the last parliament to knock out members of parliament who had dual citizenship. But, if you read section 44, it talks about your allegiances. What these Liberal MPs are doing is raising serious questions about the allegiance of Ms Gladys Liu. If that wasn't enough to spark some interest or some inquiry on the part of the government, then can I refer to Ms Liu's own comments on the Bolt show the other evening. It's not a show I customarily watch, but she was asked pretty simple questions about whether or not she attended functions and was a member of a number of organisations, including China's United Front, an organisation that apparently acts on behalf of the Chinese government, a propaganda organisation for the Chinese government. And what do we see? We see a photograph. On 14 August the ABC published photographs of Ms Gladys Liu with, amongst other people, WTUF founder Baima Aose and China's United Front coordinator. The night she does the Bolt interview she can't remember—doesn't know—whether she's a member of this organisation. She's got a photograph, a lovely photograph—I assume it's on her web page or the web page of the organisation itself—that makes it very clear that she's a participant in this organisation and that she's fully prepared to make it clear that she is a participant in that organisation. Now, if all of those things aren't enough for this government to start questioning the issue, then I don't know what is. What do you need? You've got the director-general of ASIO saying, 'Don't preselect this candidate.' You've got Ms Liu confused about whether she is or isn't a member of these organisations. And now you've got all these Liberal Party MPs saying that there are question marks about this lady. Let's have an investigation.