LABOR MP Don Brown has told Parliament that he is being sued by three LNP members and a campaign worker for federal MHR Andrew Laming.
In a debate about a defamation bill before the House, Mr Brown said Redland mayor Karen Williams was suing him over comments he made about grants to upgrade recreation trails.
Cr Williams declined to respond to Mr Brown's statements to Parliament.
Mr Brown said Mr Laming also was suing him over two tweets in relation to the definition of upskirting.
Asked about Mr Brown's statement in Parliament, Mr Laming said he was not commenting while defamation matters were before the courts.
"Like most of Redlands, I don't listen to anything Mr Brown has to say," Mr Laming said
Mr Brown said he also had received a concerns notice from his LNP Capalaba opponent Bev Walters, over his comments about her position on opening borders during COVID-19 outbreaks.
Mr Brown told Parliament that it was reasonable to think it would be in the public interest to talk about the biggest policy issue in decades, which was COVID-19, and the position taken by his opponent.
Goldsmiths Lawyers, speaking for Ms Walters, said she looked forward to a court determining whether she had been defamed.
He told Parliament that when he shared on his Facebook page a media report about her alleged activity on the social media platform he and two constituents were sent concerns notices.
Cr McKenzie was contacted for comment but did not respond.
Mr Brown told Parliament that the LNP supposedly supported free speech but when questions were asked or policies were challenged, legal action was taken.
Cr Williams has announced that she has sought LNP preselection to run for the seat of Bowman which is to be vacated by Mr Laming.
Mr Brown said he might apologise to Mr Laming.
"I really do not want to be bothered fighting over the semantics of upskirting - whether taking photographs of underwear above shorts or under shorts is upskirting," he told Parliament.
Amendments to defamation laws are being made across Australia to maintain uniformity. Amendments are based on the fact that it has become commonplace for the same matter to be published in more than one jurisdiction and it is important for plaintiffs and publishers to know their rights and limitations, without having to consider differing state and territory laws.
