Facebook banning MPs is contempt of parliament: Craig Kelly

Harley Dennett
May 15 2021 - 4:00am
Member for Hughes Craig Kelly. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Member for Hughes Craig Kelly. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Speaker of the House of Representatives Tony Smith will soon rule whether to proceed with a request to hold Facebook in contempt of parliament for banning an MP from its platforms.

Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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