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political reporter Nicole Hegarty and foreign affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic

Chinese Communist Party-linked group called out for 'systemic' failure to comply with foreign influence regulations

The Australian Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China has been listed as a foreign-government-related entity. (AAP: Lukas Coch)

A Chinese Communist Party-linked group has become the first body to be forcibly listed under the federal government's Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme, five years after it was introduced.

The Attorney-General's Department revealed the Australian Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China's (ACPPRC) listing as a foreign-government-related entity during a committee hearing as part of a review of the scheme on Tuesday.

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