Andrew Laming
Former MP’s penalty doubled for election Facebook posts
A judge has doubled former Liberal MP Andrew Laming’s penalty for posting illegal election campaign messages on Facebook.
- by Rex Martinich
Latest
Previously unseen draft of Brittany Higgins’ book describes debauchery as like the ‘Wolf of Wall Street’
Hedonistic parties feature in a previously unseen draft of a memoir by Higgins that has been brought to light in a reopened defamation lawsuit.
- by Carrie Fellner
Louise Milligan’s pivot from investigative journalist to fiction writer
The investigative reporter pulls back the curtain on crime, the media and policing in her compelling first novel, Pheasants Nest.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Serial litigant Clive Palmer has another crack at the High Court
The billionaire mining magnate continues his attempts to stop fraud charges against him ever being heard.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Ex-MP Andrew Laming fined $20k over social media posts
The former south-east Queensland MP was found to have breached electoral laws ahead of the 2019 federal poll.
- by Cheryl Goodenough
Exclusive
Political leadership
‘Gender panic’: Former Liberal MP claims he was scapegoat for Morrison’s female voter problem
In a new book to be published next month, the divisive former Liberal MP says former prime minister Scott Morrison “failed every gender test he ever encountered”.
- by Anthony Galloway
CBD
City life
NSW governor skips out on WorldPride event
Margaret Beazley welcomed visitors to Sydney for the party, but is inexplicably missing her own event at Government House.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Journalists may be stripped of award after Laming defamation suit
The Walkley Foundation plans to review the granting of the prestigious award to two Nine journalists after the network apologised to former MP Andrew Laming over their story.
- by Toby Crockford
Nine apologises to Andrew Laming in settlement of defamation suit
The former federal Liberal MP launched defamation proceedings against Nine last year over a segment on a Queensland news bulletin.
- by Michaela Whitbourn and Toby Crockford
‘I’m not paying back a cent’: Laming refuses to repay $10k in travel expenses
Outgoing Queensland MP Andrew Laming blamed the deletion of a year’s worth of emails for his inability to prove a 2019 trip with his family was parliamentary business.
- by Cameron Atfield
Andrew Laming ordered to repay $10,000 in travel expenses
The retiring member for Bowman stands by his claim that a week of travel with his family, for which he charged taxpayers, was related to his parliamentary duty.
- by Cameron Atfield
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/andrew-laming-205