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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Former Liberal MP Andrew Laming fined $20,000 for Facebook posts that breached electoral law

Former Australian federal MP Andrew Laming
Former federal Liberal MP Andrew Laming has been fined $20,000 for Facebook posts that breached the authorisation requirement of electoral law. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

The former Liberal MP Andrew Laming has been fined $20,000 for Facebook posts that did not declare his political links, after the federal court found he had breached the authorisation requirement of electoral law.

On Wednesday Justice Darryl Rangiah found that Laming had failed to put his name and city or town of residence to three Facebook posts containing electoral matter on a page titled “Redland Hospital: Let’s fight for fair funding”.

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