Ray Hadley speaks with The Australian’s Political Editor Dennis Shanahan about the advice he gave to Sam Dastayri in the lead up to his China scandal.

“He sometimes texts me.

“But when he was last in trouble I sent him a note and I simply said, ‘Look, I’ve been in strife before for doing the wrong thing. You need to apologise. You need to actually take account for what you’ve done.’

“He appears to me to be a smart bloke who makes some really dumb decisions.”

Click PLAY below to hear Dastyari’s response