Indian migration agents buy access to immigration minister

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The Victorian Labor Party is under scrutiny over revelations regarding a fund-raising dinner which was attended by Immigration Minister Andrew Giles. The private dinner in Melbourne was organised by controversial Labor figure Jasvinder Sidhu, ostensibly to raise funds for the re-election campaign of the state’s Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio.

It has been alleged that Indian migration agents paid $1,000 to attend the dinner in order to “buy” access to Giles, and raised concerns with him about delays in granting visas and other immigration-related issues.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.