American business chamber blasts foreign influence bill

By Kirsty Needham
Updated January 22 2018 - 9:38pm, first published 9:30pm
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses the media during a joint press conference with Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and Attorney-General George Brandis, at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 5 December 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses the media during a joint press conference with Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and Attorney-General George Brandis, at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 5 December 2017. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

A peak American business group has complained Australia's new "foreign influence" laws will deprive its members of freedom of speech, while universities warn US Defence funding will be put at risk.

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