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Motion to investigate whether a member breached privilege/contempt of Parliament by disclosing confidential committee deliberations on Facebook.

๐ŸŸก Medium ยท Motion13 May 2020 ยท 16,742 words

Investigation sought into whether a member's Facebook posts breached parliamentary privilege regardi

Procedure and Privileges Committee to investigate potential breach of privilege by a member.

โ€œThis clarity that we are seeking will allow all members in this place to better understand whether what the member for Kalamunda has done represents an acceptable action or whether it is, instead, a breach of standing orders, a breach of privilege and a contempt of this house.โ€

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Members who spoke

Kirkup, Mr ZakQuigley, Mr JohnQuirk, Ms MargaretHughes, Mr MatthewMcGowan, Mr Mark
Topics
parliamentary privilegecontempt of Parliamentcommittee confidentialitysocial mediaethics

Legislation Referenced

Bills
Corruption, Crime and Misconduct Amendment Bill 2020

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