Aussie MP Craig Kelly Quits Liberal Party to Stand by His ‘Conscience’

Aussie MP Craig Kelly Quits Liberal Party to Stand by His ‘Conscience’
Member for Hughes Craig Kelly arrives in the Media Gallery at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Feb. 03, 2021 . Sam Mooy/Getty Images
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Australian federal MP Craig Kelly has quit the Liberal Party during a party room meeting in Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday, over a crisis of conscience.

In his resignation letter, Kelly indicated that some of his recent conduct had “not helped the boat” of government go faster—referring to a sporting analogy he said was once used by the prime minister in the lead up to the 2019 federal election.

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