Australian MP Says Opposition Want Him Silenced for Challenging ‘Pandemic Orthodoxy’

Nationals Member for Dawson George Christensen makes a 90 second statement before Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Aug. 23, 2021. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

Australian MP George Christensen has hit out at the Labor Party after its deputy opposition leader called for him to be punished for his views on mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations.

“Labor are now calling for my removal from parliament for daring to challenge the pandemic orthodoxy,” Christensen wrote on Facebook on Thursday.