Senator Hanson-Young fears ’tech tycoons' could ‘infiltrate’ Australian elections

Senator Sarah Hanson-Young warns Australians to be wary of the machinations of tech billionaires. Video by AAP

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00:00to see Elon Musk flexing his political muscle in places other than the United States.

00:08We've seen that already and I have no doubt that he will try to do that here in Australia.

00:14And I think we should all be alert to this.

00:17If Elon Musk wants to infiltrate Australia's elections, he needs to be called to account.

00:24We need to be alert and we need to be prepared to say no.

00:29I predict that Elon Musk will, at some point, try to platform Peter Dutton and the Liberal Party

00:39above others in the next election.

00:42Because Peter Dutton and the Liberal Party are having the same echoes of the Trump government elite.

00:53Echoes of Trumpianism are already coming through from the Dutton opposition.