Former MP Andrew Laming’s fine for Facebook posts that did not disclose his political links, including by writing in the third person, has been doubled.
In 2023 the federal Liberal MP was fined $20,000 for three contraventions of the Electoral Act. The federal court found his posts on the “Redland Hospital: Let’s fight for fair funding” Facebook page in the months before the 2019 federal election did not carry his name and town or city, as required for proper authorisation.
