Liberal senator apologises for asking if Chinese billionaire is related to Penny Wong

Ian Macdonald says he misheard references to Huang Xiangmo and if Wong is offended ‘she has a very thin skin’

The Liberal senator Ian Macdonald has given a qualified apology for asking if Penny Wong is related to the Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo.

The incident occurred in a heated Senate estimates session on Tuesday, as Labor senators probed the attorney general’s department about a report that the then immigration minister, Peter Dutton, met Huango Xiangmo after he paid $10,000 to a lobbyist.

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