MP Admits Using Electoral Roll to Identify, Visit Online Critics

The Queensland MP says his comments were taken out of context.
MP Admits Using Electoral Roll to Identify, Visit Online Critics
A woman's hands using a laptop keyboard on Aug. 16, 2013. Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire
Crystal-Rose Jones
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Labor MP Barry O'Rourke has revealed he uses information from the Australian electoral roll to identify online “trolls” and pay them a visit at home.

The member for Rockhampton, however, later explained via social media that what he intended to say was that he made a note to visit those people during routine door-knocks.

Crystal-Rose Jones
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Crystal-Rose Jones is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked at News Corp for 16 years as a senior journalist and editor.
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