Chris Crewther (Dunkley, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

He made a claim on social media that I had misled the House and that I had made a dishonest attack on a small business. The member for McEwen accompanied his remarks with an unsavoury personal attack. I will not repeat it here, but I will note that my own family member had learning difficulties and short-term memory loss growing up and had to have speech therapy. The word he used is an assault on all people with this issue, and I note that my family member was bullied with the same word.

The member for McEwen commented on Twitter in the context of sharing a Twitter post from the member for Frankston, who in turn retweeted a post from a Mr Brad Hill, a former Frankston councillor and a local Labor member. His post stated, 'Yesterday in federal parliament, Chris Crewther MP said this Frankston business had closed due to Young Street roadworks; doesn't look like it.' This was accompanied by an image—a screenshot from this business's Facebook page, namely—

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