Katherine MLA defends $630K Vietnam investment deal

By Lyndon Keane
Updated February 10 2016 - 10:47am, first published 7:00am
DEFENSIVE POLITICS: Primary Industry and Fisheries Minister Willem Westra van Holthe has gone on the defensive after emails and bank statements were leaked that show he planned to invest more than $630,000 with a Vietnamese company with ties to the Northern Territory government.
DEFENSIVE POLITICS: Primary Industry and Fisheries Minister Willem Westra van Holthe has gone on the defensive after emails and bank statements were leaked that show he planned to invest more than $630,000 with a Vietnamese company with ties to the Northern Territory government.

A FURIOUS Primary Industry and Fisheries Minister is adamant he has “nothing to hide” despite leaked emails and bank statements showing he was preparing to invest more than $630,000 with a Vietnamese company given the green light in 2014 to build Australia’s largest dragon fruit orchard in the Northern Territory.

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