Sam Dastyari to quit Parliament

Senator Dastyari has said he will quit parliament and will not return to the Senate next year. This due to questions over his links to China.

“Today, after much reflection, I’ve decided that the best service I can render to the federal parliamentary Labor Party is to not return to the Senate in 2018,” he said today.

Mr Dastyari said he was a patriotic Australian and praised Mr Shorten as a “first-rate Labor leader”.