Craig Kelly Veterinarian at Blaxland veterinary clinic . 10 things we learned about Astros star Ken Caminiti in new book Amid the heat, my name has arisen as the immunologist cited by the Liberal MP Craig Kelly, whose views . He achieves higher levels of engagement than either the Prime Minister or the Opposition Leader by selectively reinforcing the conservative opinions of his followers. [51] Kelly was approached to run for the electoral district of East Hills, a state seat, but declined. His son has Down syndrome and has been diagnosed with autism. In a challenge to the major parties, Mr Kelly said he would introduce a bill to Parliament to end the exemption from the Privacy Act and Spam Act if he knew it would have the numbers to be passed. The maverick MP has made no bones about his . Well, no, its not. In a Facebook post following his appearance, Mr Kelly said Laura Tobin "doesn't know what she's talking about". Craig Kelly is out: From the fringes of the Liberal Party to the UAP [88] His personal mobile phone number was leaked by Australian online news publisher, Crikey, in retaliation. [136] Kelly was also banned by Facebook for a week over his COVID-19 posting. However, Kelly has told us he is not an anti-vaxxer, that COVID vaccines are not proven to be safe and that free debate should be allowed: we are living in an environment of censorship and cancel culture, where any dissenting expert medical opinion dissenting from the current Government narrative is being censored and crushed. ALAN JONES: This blokes courageous and he is correct. right away. Our electorate is not a pawn on the prime ministers chess board, moving about to save the Liberal party. [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". [85] Kelly has drafted a bill calling for politicians and senior bureaucrats to be paid $750 per week while a lockdown is in place in their area. 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. 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. But his most telling contribution was the role he played dismantling the Turnbull government and its signature energy policy. And after criticism from Media Watch and Ray Hadley, Jones was told last week he will no longer be writing his weekly column for The Daily Telegraph. [123] Kelly and Coatsworth have reportedly "agreed to disagree" on hydroxychloroquine. Were lucky to have you. 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. [68] Despite calling for free speech on the platform, Kelly blocks some commenters, including constituents, who politely disagree with him. [37], Kelly travelled to Azerbaijan for a week to observe the 2016 referendum, listing the trip on his statement of members' interests. [84] Kelly will continue to support the government on issues of confidence and supply. In the meantime, Kelly remains a hero to his many followers. He described it as "divisive", and as a reverse form of apartheid. [76] He confirmed he would continue to support the Morrison Liberal/National government on confidence and supply. He doesn't represent our beautiful community Anneliese Alexander Our group We Are Hughes is mobilising to have the Liberal politician. Here he is phoning into Brisbanes anti-lockdown protest nine days ago and urging them to oppose vaccine passports: CRAIG KELLY: We can do this. [52] Scott Morrison reportedly intervened in the pre-selection process for Hughes, indicating that he wanted Kelly to run unchallenged,[53] but local branch members argued that as Kelly was an important figure in the August leadership spills, he should go. All rights reserved. Quite extraordinary. 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.