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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00:00I'm very concerned to see the coziness between Elon Musk and Donald Trump and now Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump.

00:11The tech tycoon sucking up to Mr Trump and thinking that they now have political muscle to flex.

00:20I'm extremely concerned to see Elon Musk flexing his political muscle in places other than the United States.

00:31We've seen that already and I have no doubt that he will try to do that here in Australia.

00:37I think we should all be alert to this.

00:40If Elon Musk wants to infiltrate Australia's elections, he needs to be called to account.

00:47We need to be alert and we need to be prepared to say no.

00:51I predict that Elon Musk will at some point try to platform Peter Dutton and the Liberal Party above others in the next election.

01:05Because Peter Dutton and the Liberal Party are having the same echoes of the Trump government elite.

01:16Echoes of Trumpianism are already coming through from the Dutton opposition party.