[170], Kelly has a daughter and a son. Craig Kelly News, Research and Analysis - The Conversation [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%. The use of the TGA logo in this instance potentially breaches both copyright legislation and the Criminal Code Act 1995.. ALAN JONES: Good to talk to you, a man of deep and significant courage. [66], Kelly is said to cherry-pick "rich meme content that is stimulating, share-able and attractive to his base voters" on social media. 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 Australias medical regulator is preparing to take legal action against federal MP Craig Kelly over a text message campaign backed by mining magnate Clive Palmer that could have misled millions of people about coronavirus vaccines. Controversial backbencher Craig Kelly quits Liberal Party to sit - ABC CRAIG KELLY - National Director, United Australia Party - keeping the bastards honest. First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we 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. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. [129], Royal Australian College of General Practitioners President Karen Price criticised Kelly for his 2021 appearance on a podcast with Pete Evans, who "spread[s] alarming misinformation, including content linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory and COVID-19 denialist claims". [163], In September 2018, speaking at a Liberal Party function, Kelly stated that the Pacific island of Tuvalu was growing, not sinking, as evidence in favour of his climate scepticism. Craig Kelly's UAP Federal Launch Speech 16th April 2022. First elected to the council in the 2005 election, Craig Kelley has lived in Cambridge since 1993. He achieves higher levels of engagement than either the Prime Minister or the Opposition Leader by selectively reinforcing the conservative opinions of his followers. presented since 1982 "to the perpetrator of the most preposterous piece of paranormal or pseudoscientific piffle". - Email, Dr Tim Graham, QUT Digital Media Research Centre, 29 July, 2021. [171], Kelly has falsely claimed that 2020 was the coolest year ever, and has accused the Bureau of Meteorology of altering weather records. [56] Morrison reportedly floated using state executive powers to save Kelly from a pre-selection challenge, taking the decision-making process away from grassroots members. His contribution partly prompted the policy to be tweaked, then scrapped, and indirectly led to the removal of Mr Turnbull as leader. [170], Kelly supports Advance Australia's attempts to introduce educational materials to schools that falsely describe climate change as a hoax. Several regulators have conceded they are unable to stop the bombardment, with the Australian Communications and Media Authority saying it can only act on commercial text messages and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission saying it only investigates trade or commerce disputes. Quite extraordinary. Craig. Mask wearers are called sheeple and cries of my body, my choice are frequent. [88] His personal mobile phone number was leaked by Australian online news publisher, Crikey, in retaliation. [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. This might be OK were he a private citizen, but his ever-increasing following garners thousands of shares and hundreds of comments, mostly from outside the electorate. Join the team Become a member today Details. - Bernardi, Sky News Australia, 18 June, 2021. [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. [99] Kelly maintained in March 2021 that no-one had any complaints about Zumbo, despite former staffers saying they had raised specific complaints about Zumbo with Kelly in 2013. And that, with lockdown, helped get new cases close to zero. Craig Kelly resigns from Liberal Party - smh.com.au [60] Kelly stated that he was unaware of a job offer being made to his challenger, Kent Johns, on the condition that Johns drop out of the pre-selection race. [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. But as the outrage escalated, he apologised and claimed his comments were taken out of context within a day. He described it as "divisive", and as a reverse form of apartheid. [141] In late July 2021, Kelly addressed a Brisbane anti-lockdown protest via telephone,[142] and was banned from Twitter for a week. Clive Palmer's new friend Craig Kelly is a spammer. - Alan Jones, Sky News Australia, 10 May, 2021. It is hard to believe, but it's been almost two years since I was re-elected to Cambridge City Council in 2017. He has given a platform to numerous conspiracy theories,[5][6] and has propagated climate change denial and falsehoods regarding COVID-19. Australia's medical regulator is preparing to take legal action against federal MP Craig Kelly over a text message campaign backed by mining magnate Clive Palmer that could . 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. 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[172] Kelly's maternal grandfather was born in South Africa, which Kelly believes was because of his great-grandparents' pursuit of migrating to Australia from the United Kingdom via South Africa. Craig Kelly MP on Twitter "It has made me fully appreciate that each individual has a real value of their own and that the dignity of every individual must be respected.". 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. [70] Kelly appeared on a podcast with former celebrity chef and conspiracy theorist, Pete Evans. But its Alan Jones who has boosted Kelly most, getting him on six times since May to peddle his anti-lockdown, anti-vaccine message: CRAIG KELLY: There are thousands and thousands of breakthrough cases where people are supposedly been fully vaccinated and yet are still catching the virus, still ending up in hospital and still unfortunately dying. - Alan Jones, Sky News Australia, 29 June, 2021. [126] He then switched to promoting Ivermectin, which is a head lice, rosacea, intestinal strongyloidiasis, and onchocerciasis medication,[127] as a COVID-19 treatment,[112] despite there being insufficient data for its use in treatment of COVID-19. A 36-year-old Caminiti returned to the Astros in 1999, and his good buddy Craig Biggio tried to keep him clean. Which brings us to our show two weeks ago, in which we called out Alan Jones and Craig Kelly MP for the crazy claim on Sky News that getting a COVID jab makes you more likely to die from the disease. 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