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Peter Dutton press conference about Huang Xiangmo lunch. Reporter asks if the private meeting, combined with the au pair incident, carries a stench that his office "is open to the highest bidder". Dutton: "If you want to say that publicly, I'd be happy to take you on." #auspol

Dutton: "If you've got a specific allegation to put then you should put it, but make it publicly, and then we'll deal with the consequences." #auspol

Dutton: "You can accuse me of a lot of things, and people often do on social media, as being too hard and don't smile enough and all the rest of it." "But I'll tell you this, nobody has ever accused me of acting improperly or receiving payments or anything of that description."

Malcolm Turnbull has gone bang. "Peter Dutton has got to a lot to explain about this. He’s supposed to be the minister responsible for ensuring Australian politics isn’t influenced by foreign actors," he tells reporters in Sydney. #auspol