Craig Kellyâs fake banknotes âin breachâ of copyright law
Save
Share
Renegade former Liberal MP Craig Kelly could have broken intellectual property laws when he printed novelty $1 trillion bills, according to legal and banknote experts.
Mr Kelly held a press conference on Tuesday in front of a pallet of fake $1 trillion banknotes in an attempt to draw attention to state and federal government debt, which he said was approaching $1 trillion.
Member for Hughes Craig Kelly with fake trillion dollar notes to âcommemorate Australiaâs Net Government Debtâ on budget day at Parliament House in Canberra.Â
Dominic Lorrimer
However, experts say the Member for Hughesâ reproductions may put him at odds with the Copyright Act (1968), which is one of the two pieces of legislation governing the creation of images of Australian banknotes.