A former Liberal MP allegedly said he did not want further details after being informed by a concerned business owner of cash payments to bring Chinese non-citizens into Australia.
Daryl Maguire, 67, has pleaded not guilty to conspiring to create false and misleading visa applications for 10 Chinese nationals purporting to employ them at businesses in Wagga Wagga in the NSW Riverina region.
"It's a bit odd that they're paying me cash, what is going on here?" one of the business owners asked him in early 2015.