Craig Kelly (Hughes, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Last week on 17 November the radio station 2GB, during their news bulletin broadcast, issued the following statement: 'Former federal MP Craig Kelly will spend the night in custody. He will face court tomorrow, charged over an alleged migration fraud racket.' This is untrue. I can confirm that I did not spend the night in custody. I confirm that I did not face court over an alleged migration fraud racket. It appears somehow that 2GB have substituted my name multiple times for that of the former, disgraced Labor MP Craig Thomson.

Secondly, on the same day, Business News from Western Australia published the following statement online: 'Former Labor MP Craig Kelly could face time in jail after being charged as the primary facilitator of "migration fraud scheme"'. This is false. In addition to the personal explanation I've given above in regard to 2GB's broadcast, I've never been a Labor MP.

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