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. [12] In 2012, Kelly was referred to the parliamentary privileges committee over a range of allegations, including a failure to declare on his register of interests his directorship of several companies linked to his family's bankrupt company, which owed millions to creditors and staff. Independents are making their mark in Australian politics. - Alan Jones, Sky News Australia, 29 June, 2021. Craig Kelly is a three-term Liberal MP in the southern Sydney seat of Hughes. "(a) In general.The Secretary may require tax return preparers to provide disclosures to a person receiving tax return preparation services or a prospective person to receive such services.Such disclosures shall "(1) identify the amount of fees the tax return preparer charges for preparing a tax return, filing a tax return, submitting a claim for refund, executing a refund . All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Very large text size. 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. Kelly initially entered politics as a member of the Liberal Party, and was elected to the Australian House of Representatives at the 2010 federal election, as a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Hughes. [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. Each of us felt that Kellys representation of us was a slap in the face. Kelly was the catalyst for our community group We Are Hughes. We Are Hughes is countering the narrative that our beautiful electorate is filled with people like Kelly. (UAP) leader Craig Kelly during the UAP's campaign launch on the Sunshine Coast, 16 April, 2022. We are fed up with being taken for granted, as though our votes are guaranteed irrespective of absent representation. [80], Kelly amended the Your Future Your Super bill before it passed the lower house to delay the bill's start to July 2022 and to exempt high-risk occupations from 'stapling' people to their first superannuation fund. Hundreds of conversations will take place all around the electorate as a way to listen and learn about what is important to Hughes. [90], In November 2021, Kelly was awarded in absentia the Bent Spoon award by organisation the Australian Skeptics for spreading misinformation about Covid and vaccinations.[91], In December 2021 Kelly, who has been permanently banned from Facebook, was nominated by the crossbench and appointed to a parliamentary committee looking into social media and online safety, along with two Opposition MPs. 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. And his posts there, analysed for Media Watch by Dr Tim Graham at QUT, show an alarming pattern. [72][73] Kelly was criticised for appearing with Pete Evans by RACGP President Dr Karen Price. [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. [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. Controversial backbencher Craig Kelly has quit the Liberal Party. 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. [155], Kelly was one of the members of the Monash Forum ginger group which aimed to influence the design of the National Energy Guarantee. Sky News has claimed on Twitter that it is a disturbing attack on the ability to think freely. . Kelly commented that "neo-fascists and Marxists had engaged in a highly co-ordinated 'false flag' operation, by infiltrating the protest and invading the capital so that the worlds media would falsely blame and discredit Trump supporters. The Sydney MP is a proud monarchist and regularly expresses support for conservative causes. . 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. But if anyone is hiding the truth in his crusade against masks, lockdowns and vaccines, it is Kelly. "[153], Kelly has been a critic of federal subsidies for industrial wind farms. But his most telling contribution was the role he played dismantling the Turnbull government and its signature energy policy. [124] Kelly has stated that he would not vaccinate himself or his children if a vaccine became approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA),[125] later clarifying that he was not anti-vax. [95], After the election, Kelly was appointed national director of the UAP. Kellys claim of a conspiracy goes down well with his supporters, who believe the mainstream media is lying to them. [37], Kelly travelled to Azerbaijan for a week to observe the 2016 referendum, listing the trip on his statement of members' interests. Kelly himself posted a study a few weeks ago that claimed mask-wearing for children is akin to child abuse. And well keep talking about it. This was only slightly higher than Clive Palmer who was viewed positively by 8% of Australians, according to the survey. Winner: Jacqui Lambie "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.". Mr Kelly said he was not yet vaccinated against COVID-19 and was instead taking Vitamin C, Vitamin D and Ivermectin. First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we - Alan Jones, Sky News Australia, 12 July, 2021. Our group We Are Hughes is mobilising to have the Liberal politician democratically demoted. [116] Kelly advocated for hydroxychloroquine to be used in Australia to prevent COVID-19. 04/18/2023 Job Reference HHS-CDC-MP-23-11919895 Organization Department of Health and Human Services [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. But we didnt stay angry for long before we started to ponder how to mobilise and have the man democratically demoted. Our local MP Craig Kelly is an embarrassment. He was educated at public schools. [170], Kelly supports Advance Australia's attempts to introduce educational materials to schools that falsely describe climate change as a hoax. When you have 3000 people dying every week of the year, and especially with vaccines given among older people, its not surprising that, coincidentally, there are hundreds of people who, sadly, die within days of being vaccinated.. Mr Kelly, the MP for Hughes who defected from the Liberal Party in February, confirmed on Monday that he had joined Mr Palmer's party, and pledged to run anti-lockdown candidates in every lower. Weather presenter Laura Tobin outlined her qualifications after an Australian MP apologised for calling her an 'ignorant weather girl'. Craig Kelly is a three-term Liberal MP in the southern Sydney seat of Hughes. [57] This has been described by former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull as unacceptable. [15], Kelly established the now-defunct Southern Sydney Retailers Association,[17] which he used as a platform to lobby the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission. The bill includes constitutional problems such as not allowing for people who want to restrict who comes into their home. He was the most vocal critic of his party's energy policy and has threatened to sit on the crossbench. Independent MP Craig Kellys texts to millions of Australians could face legal scrutiny. Independent MP Craig Kellys texts to millions of Australians could face legal scrutiny.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen. Health regulator moves to take on Craig Kelly over misleading vaccine texts. Mr Kelly stunned colleagues in the Coalition party room on Tuesday morning, revealing he would still support the government on matters of supply and confidence but he needed to "stay true" to what he believes in and to himself. [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. Political parties are exempt from the Privacy Act and are allowed to send campaign messages under the Spam Act, which means the TGAs legal action might only force changes to the campaign website rather than being able to stop the texts. The truth is we are constituents from diverse backgrounds, with no political affiliations. [14][164] In September 2019, at a monarchist league dinner, he claimed that this increase was because coral islands float, further complaining that this was not reported on Australia's public broadcast network, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The leader of Clive Palmer's United Australia Party, Craig Kelly (left), lost his seat of Hughes after defecting from the Liberals. BA from University of Rochester; JD from Boston . In the coming months, We Are Hughes will be using the Indi model of Kitchen Table Conversations. But that is because hardly anyone in the population has not. [10] Kelly is also a frequent guest on Sky News Australia. As the head of a local retailers' association, Mr Kelly won preselection for the seat of Hughes in 2010 after the retirement of Danna Vale. That page belongs to Craig Kelly a former furniture salesman who has spent a decade in Parliament setting himself up as the climate-change denier in chief. [154] He attended a "wind power fraud rally" of 150 people in front of Parliament House, Canberra, which called for the abolition of the renewable energy target and a ban on new wind farms. Mr Kelly is a prominent advocate for conservative causes, a close ally of Tony Abbott and has been a strong supporter of Peter Dutton particularly in the lead-up to the Liberal leadership spill in August. [170], Kelly has a daughter and a son. [12] He is one of four children born to Lawrence and Raima Kelly. And after that, Kelly went back to spreading his falsehoods, tweeting that recent Israeli COVID numbers prove the Pfizer vaccine is worthless and doing nothing to prevent infections or deaths. The most logical and widely held view within We Are Hughes is that most people know Kelly as a Liberal and are unaware of his online persona. Quite extraordinary. [76] He confirmed he would continue to support the Morrison Liberal/National government on confidence and supply. There is a strong anti-science theme that runs through Kellys supporters.