We love our electorate. Despite suffering a slight swing against him, his margin was more than 9 per cent. In a speech in parliament he criticised the use of federal funds to obtain wind power of "questionable reliability" in favour of spending on other critical social needs. He has previously written that convict arrivals to Australia in the 18th century found the weather warmer than in recent years,[148] and has invited climate deniers from the Institute of Public Affairs to present to the government prior to the Paris Agreement. Last January I was on holidays in Tasmania, enjoying some much-deserved family time. Craig Kelly MP on Twitter [54] The pre-selection contest was reportedly being delayed by the party as long as possible, and Kelly was advised by former Liberal Party presidential candidate John Ruddick to quit the party and run as an independent. After growing the Liberals' winning margin in the seat in 2010, his first speech to Parliament described the challenges of raising a son with Down syndrome. [120][121] Kelly has also posted conspiracy theories about Bill Gates requiring that the world population be vaccinated. [166][167][11] Tobin told Kelly that "You're not a climate skeptic, you're a climate denier", and host Piers Morgan labelled Kelly a "disgrace" who should "wake up". Authorised by Craig Kelly MP, Liberal Party of Australia, Sutherland NSW vicfires nswfires australiafires. He also stated that "Every Coalition member will sign a blood oath to get rid of this tax. [45], In the Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2018 on 21 August, Kelly confirmed he voted for Peter Dutton to become leader of the Federal Parliamentary Liberal Party and therefore Prime Minister. [137] Kelly has called for the halt of the AstraZeneca vaccine rollout in Australia. But Israels Ministry of Health has warned its effectiveness in preventing infection and symptomatic disease is fading. [160] Kelly has warned that Josh Frydenberg's offer to the states of a review of the NEG emissions target in 2024 could lead to the target being reduced from its current level of 26%. He served in the marines from 1984-1989, and was a contractor for US Army Reserves for nearly 20 years as an environmental compliance specialist. Here's a list of conspiracy theories he has promoted", "Liberal MP Craig Kelly backs Advance Australia's climate change resources in classrooms", "Craig Kelly MP to Visit Moran Residential Aged Care, Engadine", "Craig Kelly buys $1.3 million family home 100km north of electorate", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Craig_Kelly&oldid=1152726030, This page was last edited on 1 May 2023, at 23:02. [23], In 2013, Kelly was nominated by then Opposition leader Tony Abbott as the representative of the Coalition on the bipartisan committee overseeing the implementation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. [131], After Kelly clashed with Labor Party politician Tanya Plibersek in the halls of parliament over the issue, leading Plibersek to label him a "taxpayer-funded nong"; Prime Minister Scott Morrison also reprimanded Kelly. You can read his full five-page response on our website. We Are Hughes looks at successes in Warringah and Indi as inspiration, but we forge our own path, with our own Hughes flavour. The bill includes constitutional problems such as not allowing for people who want to restrict who comes into their home. His political career has also just been saved by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, following a challenge to his preselection for the coming election. So Im back up and running on Telegram, uncensored. [41] Kelly opposes drug checking. And the Delta variant has since produced a surge in new infections. [15] However, Crikey subsequently reported that Kelly had signed himself as a director of the company on a number of documents related to a court case in New Zealand. Furious GMB meteorologist Laura Tobin reveals her qualifications after Australian MP Craig Kelly branded her 'an ignorant Pommy weather girl' following clash over climate change [87] The TGA are seeking legal advice over whether a website linked in these texts which uses the TGA's logo and data breaches the criminal code. What Kelly is saying about it being worthless is absolute rubbish and its dangerous. He was the most vocal critic of his party's energy policy and has threatened to sit on the crossbench. [18][19], At age 46,[20] Kelly was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Member for Hughes in 2010, which was considered a marginal seat. 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Back in April, he was banned from Facebook for spreading COVID misinformation to his 100,000 followers, at which time he had one of the highest profiles of any Australian politician, apart from Pauline Hanson. [110] With Kelly's Facebook page having high engagement, the Sydney Morning Herald called Kelly "one of Australia's most influential politicians" on the platform. ", "Liberal MP Craig Kelly says Tuvalu 'floating, not sinking' in monarchist dinner speech about ABC", "Australian backbencher Craig Kelly takes shots at 'weather girl' Laura Tobin", "Craig Kelly Slammed As A 'Disgrace' And 'Climate Denier' In Trainwreck British TV Appearance", "Bushfires: Ministers rebuke Craig Kelly on climate change stance", "An 'absolutely seminal moment': climate change opinion shifting in face of fires", "Backbencher Craig Kelly has been criticised for spreading misinformation. [122] Kelly has also given a speech in parliament supporting his views on hydroxychloroquine, and posted on his Facebook page a call for the deputy chief medical officer, Nick Coatsworth, to resign, which he later removed. [22], Kelly and the President of the NSW Commandos Association, Barry Grant, fought Labor government cuts in the 2012 budget to entitlements for defence personnel to travel home during holiday times. [170], Kelly supports Advance Australia's attempts to introduce educational materials to schools that falsely describe climate change as a hoax. - Email, Professor Bruce Thompson, Health Sciences, Swinburne University, 22 July, 2021. A protester has violently smashed an egg on Craig Kelly's head in an unprovoked attack at a Melbourne park which ended with a bizarre bicycle chase. [95], After the election, Kelly was appointed national director of the UAP. We are as entitled to representation as any other electorate. No Time in grade (TIG) must be met within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement. He provides regular political commentary on Sky News, relentlessly defends his political opinions and rarely if ever backs down. Professor Skerritt said the adverse outcomes were investigated by an independent panel that found only nine of the deaths could be attributed to the vaccines in some way. Mr Kelly is one of the Government backbench's most prolific media performers. [11], Kelly was born in Sydney on 29 September 1963. - Facebook, Jason Miles, Senate Candidate, Great Australia Party, 24 July, 2021. But that is because hardly anyone in the population has not. He also recollected his rugby career for St George and described sport as "one of our greatest educators". [62] They used dinosaur suits to draw attention to Kelly's views on climate change. Craig Kelly's cited COVID-19 expert Robert Clancy speaks on [57] This has been described by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull as unacceptable. Independent MP Craig Kellys texts to millions of Australians could face legal scrutiny. It was hardly a heartfelt apology from Jones.And Craig Kelly was even less inclined to admit his error, accusing us first of a shocking smear, then telling his Twitter followers we were guilty of deceit: notice how the ABC blur the numbers show no one can see them. It is overwhelmingly evident that Kelly is on a mission to spread primarily fear and doubt about the vaccine side effects and to question their efficacy. He went on Chris Kenny to cast doubt on the efficacy of the vaccine, on Outsiders to push Ivermectin as a treatment or a cure and onto Chris Smith to do the same. And recent case numbers show it may have fallen further to around 40 per cent. This is despite the chief medical officer stressing that many of these treatments have not been properly evidenced. Several audience members walked out of a candidates' forum in the southern Sydney seat of Hughes on Wednesday evening after the maverick MP Craig Kelly labelled mandatory vaccination in. [169] During this bushfire season, Kelly also implied that environmentalists were responsible for arson. [33] Radio commentator Alan Jones threw his support behind Kelly,[34] and Prime Minister Turnbull wrote a letter of endorsement, stating that Kelly was one of the government's "most consistent performers" and that Kelly had a "fine reputation". And thats why Professor Bruce Thompson from Swinburne University did not mince his words about Craig Kellys claim the vaccine is useless, telling Media Watch: Even if the vaccine IS becoming less effective in preventing infections, it is still really high in terms of preventing serious illness and hospitalisation, and in that nothing has changed. He was the most vocal critic of his party's energy policy and has threatened to sit on the crossbench. ALAN JONES: Craig, thank you for your courage and thank you for your scholarship. It was the summer Australia will never forget. Join the team Become a member today Details. Election 2022 Craig Kelly - Your Local MP for Hughes - stands for Medical Freedom - the sanctity of the Doctor/Patient relationship Your Body, Your Risk, Your Choice #ausvotes #auspol #auspoll2022 #auspoll2022 He resigned from the Liberal Party in February 2021 to sit on the crossbench as an independent politician, before announcing that he was joining the United Australia Party in August of that year, and was appointed as the party's leader. And tonight Chris Kenny returned fire on his show: CHRIS KENNY:So this isa foreign owned multi-national giant censoring the news and views that Australians can see. During that first spring training back together, Biggio lived in the same Florida . Kelly was the only sitting member of the House of Representatives with firsthand knowledge of raising a child with severe disabilities and said that he would use this experience in the position. [94], In the 2022 election, Kelly won around 8% of the vote, and Jenny Ware, representing the Liberal Party, won Hughes. Dangerously, Kelly moved to supporting alternative treatments for Covid-19. Labor has unleashed on Coalition MP Craig Kelly in Question Time, but one comment from the embattled Liberal made the parliament erupt with laughter. Craig Kelly's move to Palmer's United Australia Party shows the need for urgent electoral law reform. [149] Kelly advocates for a "hockey-stick" approach to meeting the Paris 2030 emissions target for the energy industry, which has been characterised as delaying action to the last possible moment. [159] Kelly has stated that Labor's proposed increases in the emissions reduction target undermines policy certainty, and has stated that the emissions reduction target for the agriculture industry in Australia could result in farmers having to cull their livestock. - Email, Craig Kelly MP, Member for Hughes, 1 August 2021. First elected to the council in the 2005 election, Craig Kelley has lived in Cambridge since 1993. [98], During a case between a former Kelly staffer and his chief of staff, Frank Zumbo, the former staffer claimed that she didn't speak up about the sexual harassment because of feared retribution from speaking up. [64], In October 2018, Kelly suggested that the fuel excise should be reduced by 10 cents per litre,[65] and that divestiture powers should apply to the petrol industry. These conversations will feed into the decision on who to endorse as an independent candidate at the upcoming election. Mr Kelly easily reclaimed the seat. The TGA believes the campaign broke copyright law and criminal law by using the Commonwealth agencys logo on a political party website that conveyed adverse event notifications in a way that tried to discourage people from being vaccinated. And around 90 per cent of those suggest the vaccines dont work, or spread fear, doubt and uncertainty about the risks. [7][8][9] By January 2020, Kelly's Facebook page had higher levels of engagement than either the Prime Minister or the Opposition Leader, leading The Sydney Morning Herald to call Kelly "one of Australia's most influential politicians on Facebook". [167] Emergency Management Minister David Littleproud, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Prime Minister Scott Morrison distanced themselves from Kelly's comments,[168] and NSW Energy and Environment Minister Matt Kean said that "Craig Kelly is as qualified to talk about atmospheric physics as he is to perform brain surgery". [101], Kelly was formerly part of the conservative right-wing faction inside the Liberal Party. [16][21] The then Leader of the House, Anthony Albanese, alleged Kelly failed to disclose his directorship of three entities which he had not officially relinquished until March 2011, eight months after the 2010 election. 54 979 subscribers. We are situated in the south-western part of Sydney, hugging the Royal national park, Heathcote national park, Woronora, Port Hacking and Georges River, as well as boasting the longest coastline of any Sydney electorate. - Email, Dr Tim Graham, QUT Digital Media Research Centre, 29 July, 2021. And Jones has treated Kelly like a modern-day prophet: ALAN JONES: Look, were lucky to have you, Craig Kelly. Mr Craig Kelly - Parliament of Australia [97], Kelly called for Scott Morrison to resign after it was revealed that Morrison had secretly been appointed to several ministerial positions. "[111] Kelly did note the correction by the Washington Times but said he would not retract his post, citing other evidence such as a New York Post story citing an unnamed law enforcement official who claimed to recognize two members of Antifa as well as a Twitter video showing an unidentified person being discouraged from vandalism. And the MP jumped onto another social media platform to tell his followers: my Twitter account was also shut down hours after I posted data showing Pfizer was completely useless in Israel at preventing covid infections. As many in the group started asking of each other: So what are we going to do about it?. we dont allow content that denies the existence of Covid-19 or that encourages people to use hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin to treat or prevent the virus. [58] Turnbull dismissed comparisons to his own 2016 intervention to save Kelly, and cited recent campaigns in NSW to allow grassroots members more say in pre-selection contests as the reason for his intervention. [113], Kelly opposes the proposed First Nations National Constitutional Convention's voice to parliament described in the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which intends to recognise Indigenous Australians in Australia's Constitution. Most of the people now testing positive in Israel have indeed been vaccinated. Others are startled by his staunch support of the fossil fuel industry; he famously stated that fossil fuels are keeping us safe from a dangerous climate. [16] Kelly denied the allegations and the Parliamentary Privileges Committee did not pursue the matter further. Clive Palmer's new friend Craig Kelly is a spammer. CRAIG KELLY - National Director, United Australia Party - keeping the bastards honest. Last January I was on holidays in Tasmania, enjoying some much-deserved family time. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Thank you for continuing to fight. In that famous phrase of Trumps adviser, Kellyanne Conway, those might better be called alternative facts. [43] Again being challenged by the moderate faction of the Liberal party, Kelly reportedly threatened to join the crossbench as an independent if he did not win preselection, but stated that he has confidence in the preselection committee. When Turnbull's representations were leaked to the press, Turnbull confirmed them,[59][57] and the intervention made it harder for the moderates to do anything other than tacitly re-endorse Kelly. 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[32], In the lead-up to the 2016 election, the moderate faction of the Liberal party planned to challenge Kelly in his seat. Now, in Australia's dark hour, Mr . Craig Kelly's UAP Federal Launch Speech 16th April 2022. In a series of tweets Kelly hammered this message home: With the latest data out of Israel it should be game over for the [VACCINE EMOJI] [VACCINE EMOJI] sellers and the moronic stupidity of those pushing Vaccine Passports. [25] A Croatian-language newspaper described Kelly's speech as conveying congratulations from Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Craig Kelly on Good Morning Britain: Laura Tobin clashed with MP | news craigslist provides local classifieds and forums for jobs, housing, for sale, services, local community, and events Earlier this year he said Russia's role in bringing down MH17 should be "looked over", angering families. Therapeutic Goods Administration head John Skerritt has slammed the texts for spreading incorrect information about the vaccines and is taking legal advice on whether the campaign breached criminal law. And when you drill into the data you can see why. Although the policy won support of the Liberal party room, Mr Kelly threatened to vote against the policy if it reached Parliament a grave threat given the Government's tenuous hold in Parliament. The Sydney MP is a proud monarchist and regularly expresses support for conservative causes. Labor's Tim Watts has asked Facebook to explain how advertisements fronted by Craig Kelly can still be in wide circulation on the platform when his page is banned for breaching the social media . Which is why Israel is now planning to give booster shots. [147], Described as a "serial denier of climate change",[67] Kelly was appointed chair of the backbench environment and energy committee, giving advice to environment minister Josh Frydenberg. But in June the country threw off its final COVID restrictions. [46] In the second spill on 24 August, Kelly was one of the first few to sign the petition calling for a party room meeting to vote on the leadership of the Liberal Party. But as the fires raged, my attention was drawn back home to where my local MP, Craig Kelly, made international headlines by, Outlandish: Labor urges Facebook to act against Craig Kellys harmful content, calling the UK meteorologist and BBC presenter Laura Tobin, fossil fuels are keeping us safe from a dangerous climate. [72][73] Kelly was criticised for appearing with Pete Evans by RACGP President Dr Karen Price. Our local MP Craig Kelly is an embarrassment. He doesn't represent our
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