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Greens leader Adam Bandt has been ordered to delete a social media post he made targeting Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek due to concerns it contained misinformation.
Mr Bandt accused Ms Plibersek of 'fast-tracking' environmental crises and making 'dodgy deals' in a Facebook post on Sunday.
The video suggested that Ms Plibersek was boasting in Parliament about fast-tracking approvals for gas projects.
It then cut to harrowing videos from the various bushfire and flood tragedies which have hit Australia in recent years, showing footage of people and animals in distress as a result of the environmental disasters.
Daily Mail Australia understands an MP sought advice from the Serjeant-at-Arms, expressing concerns about the contents of the video.
Greens leader Adam Bandt has been ordered to remove a social media post he made targeting Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek due to concerns it was misinformation
It then cut to harrowing videos from the various bushfire and flood tragedies which have hit Australia in recent years, showing footage of people and animals in distress as a result of the environmental disasters
That MP said in their complaint: 'I'm shocked that a Member of the House has misrepresented parliamentary proceedings.
'The Member has posted a video that I believe is in contravention of the Rules for Media Related Activity in Parliament House and its Precincts.'
According to the media code, photographs and footage of parliamentary proceedings must fairly and accurately represent those proceedings and must not be digitally manipulated.
On March 25, just a day after the video was shared online, the Serjeant-at-Arms wrote to Mr Bandt's office, instructing he remove the video.
The offending video was still available online on Wednesday morning. It has since been pulled.
Ms Plibersek's speech referenced in the video was actually in response to a question about how the government's approvals process is 'helping to turn Australia into a renewable energy superpower'.
Ms Plibersek said in her answer: 'Since coming to government, we have ticked off more than 45 renewable energy projects, and I have another 128 before me for assessment.'
She made specific reference to approving two wind farms which will generate enough electricity to power a total of 800,000 homes.
'It's not just the renewable energy projects that we're assessing faster; it's all of those projects - it's the housing projects, it's the transport projects, and it's the resources projects.
'We know ... that renewable energy is both cleaner and cheaper.'
She made specific reference to approving two wind farms which will generate enough electricity to power a total of 800,000 homes
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