Senator says any sale of NSW electricity network to a foreign state-owned company should raise national security concerns
Nick Xenophon says Australia needs to think seriously about its national interest before it allows the sale of the NSW electricity distributor Ausgrid to China’s biggest state-owned company.
He has written to the treasurer, Scott Morrison, asking if the Turnbull government has sought advice from Asio and Defence about the sale.
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