Angus Taylor and Pauline Hanson have accused Anthony Albanese of ducking scrutiny after the Prime Minister evaded questions about his attendance at a fundraising event at the home of Felix Lee, the son of a Chinese billionaire accused of tax evasion.

Mr Albanese had claimed he wasn’t aware of Phillip Dong Fang Lee’s legal troubles, and told Insiders host David Speers he went to fundraising dinners for the Labor Party all the time.

“Look at the Prime Minister squirm and refuse to answer questions about the dinner he attended allegedly in return for a $1 million donation to the Labor Party,” Ms Hanson captioned a video of the interview which she posted on X.

The dinner, initially reported by The Australian Financial Review, was hosted in Point Piper and attended by former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and Commonwealth Bank CEO Matt Comyn.

In the interview, the Prime Minister had given vague answers in response to questions about the dinner.

That evasion led Speers to interject: “Why don’t you want to answer that?”

“Well, I do,” Mr Albanese responded.

“You’ve just said that that occurred. Yeah, that’s fine. I attend lots of dinners in lots of places, and I don’t talk about private dinners. I’ve held a number this week here in Adelaide as well.”

At a press conference in Queensland on Monday, Mr Taylor also criticised the PM for dodging questions.

“All politicians go to fundraising dinners but there are questions to answer on this dinner, and he hasn’t answered them,” Mr Taylor said.

“Did he go to this dinner? Who was at it? And, indeed, was there someone at this dinner where there is an allegation that that person has not paid the tax that they should have paid?”

The dinner hosted by the 25-year-old son was reportedly ticketed at $10,000 a head.

Mr Lee’s father faces allegations of deceiving the Australian Tax Office about his holdings in order to channel large sums of money into Australian bank accounts.

The Prime Minister said he was “not aware of those issues” when asked on about his knowledge of the allegations against Mr Lee’s father.

Other critics have included Nationals leader Matt Canavan who called for Mr Albanese to return any donations received at the event.

“What the Labor Party should clearly do here is just give back the money or not take the donation,” he told Sunrise on Monday.

“I’m not sure the status of it, but just don’t take it, and that would help restore integrity and respect in the Prime Minister’s office.”

Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek told Sunrise host Natalie Barr details about the dinner were a “matter for the party”.

But she added it was ironic conservative parties were complaining about political fundraising when they openly accepted donations from “best friend Gina Rinehart”.

“Anything that’s donated above $5000 will have to be disclosed within a few days,” she said.

“The Prime Minister doesn’t see a dollar of it. This is a matter for the party.

“I’d say it’s actually pretty ironic. You’ve got (Senator Canavan’s) best friend, Gina Rinehart, who donated a $1m plane.”