Andrew Laming refuses to give up committee position despite vow to stand down

Andrew Laming refuses to give up committee position despite vow to stand down

The embattled MP rejected Labor’s claim he had a “long history of trolling” constituents online and the Coalition voted to retain him as a parliamentary committee chair.

  • byNick Bonyhady

Latest

‘Time to go Lammo’:Crowd rallies near Laming’s Qld office
Updated
Brisbane

‘Time to go Lammo’:Crowd rallies near Laming’s Qld office

About 150 protesters gathered in Cleveland,just metres away from Dr Laming’s office,ahead of his return to Parliament.

  • byToby Crockford andLydia Lynch
Protest planned ahead of Andrew Laming’s return to Parliament

Protest planned ahead of Andrew Laming’s return to Parliament

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is under renewed pressure to dump Andrew Laming from the Coalition party room when the embattled backbencher returns to Parliament next week.

  • byLydia Lynch
ADHD no excuse for poor behaviour
Opinion
Opinion

ADHD no excuse for poor behaviour

It’s great that Andrew Laming has been open about his ADHD diagnosis,but having this condition linked with dubious conduct is less ideal for other Australians dealing with ADHD.

  • byCade Lucas
Video games aren’t the problem,systemic sexism in Parliament is

Video games aren’t the problem,systemic sexism in Parliament is

Every time there is a scandal or human-made disaster caused by systemic issues,someone in a position of power will blame everything on video games.

  • byAlice Clarke
Branch members threaten to quit if LNP parachutes outsider into Laming’s seat

Branch members threaten to quit if LNP parachutes outsider into Laming’s seat

A decade after warning his political colleagues how to behave on social media,Andrew Laming’s online conduct has caused his downfall and triggered a hostile preselection battle for the safe Coalition seat.

  • byLydia Lynch
Advertisement
Party officials block Andrew Laming’s preselection bid

Party officials block Andrew Laming’s preselection bid

An LNP source says the executive team voted unanimously to block Andrew Laming’s preselection.

  • byLydia Lynch
‘Get their hands dirty’:Laming to force LNP to drop him

‘Get their hands dirty’:Laming to force LNP to drop him

Queensland LNP party officials will meet on Monday night to decide whether to let Mr Laming fight for his seat,hours after he fronts the party’s vetting committee.

  • byLydia Lynch
Electoral watchdog to investigate Andrew Laming’s Facebook pages

Electoral watchdog to investigate Andrew Laming’s Facebook pages

Australia’s election watchdog is investigating whether Facebook pages allegedly run by besieged Queensland MP Andrew Laming breached the Electoral Act as they did not include political authorisation disclosures.

  • byLydia Lynch
PM should kick Andrew Laming to the crossbench – here’s why he won’t

PM should kick Andrew Laming to the crossbench – here’s why he won’t

The divergence between political rhetoric and political reality is rarely this obvious or this gross.

  • byJacqueline Maley
‘Get rid of this idiot’:Former branch chair says LNP HQ wanted Laming out

‘Get rid of this idiot’:Former branch chair says LNP HQ wanted Laming out

Branch members in rogue MP Andrew Laming’s office say Queensland’s Liberal National Party headquarters tried to get rid of him before the 2019 election but backed down.

  • byLydia Lynch andKatina Curtis