Cory Bernardi Has Been Banned From Facebook For Teenage Protest Video
Image: Cory Bernardi. Image: YouTube.
In today’s good news, controversial anti-LGBTQIA+ One Nation political leader Cory Bernardi has had his Facebook account suspended.
Bernardi shared the news on his other social media platform, X (Twitter), stating that he will appeal the suspension.
Despite his often campaigning for protecting children, that is one of the reasons his account is currently suspended.
Cory Bernardi kicked off Facebook
Cory Bernardi has long made a career out of making controversial statements about the LGBTQIA+ community.
As he continues the latest chapter of his career, now as the leader of One Nation in South Australia, he seems determined to continue that legacy.
Earlier this year his maiden speech to parliament caused a walkout over comments he made about transgender people, gender-affirming care and Welcome to Country ceremonies. This follows his original comments during the marriage equality plebiscite where he likened same-sex marriage to bestiality.
Two weeks ago, Bernardi confronted a group of protestors outside of South Australian parliament who were there to protest Bernardi and the One Nation Party.
Despite national news indicating that many school students would be in attendance at the rally, Bernardi went outside to confront them, where he called them “incels” and used anti-trans slurs against the students.
Bernardi recorded the rally, including going into the crowd and filming individuals in the protest; he can be heard in the video saying “it’s a tranny” as he walks through the crowd.
Bernardi later posted the video to Facebook, featuring the children, which went viral online, drawing complaints from the parents of the children featured.
“Cory Bernardi is a 56-year-old man who is bullying teenagers and high-schoolers, calling them slurs, recording them without their consent to bully and intimidate people who are trying to make their voice heard,” one of the seventeen-year-old organisers told the ABC.
When announcing that he had been suspended from Facebook this weekend, Bernardi attributed this to the video, stating that the removal “follows legal threats from parents of kids at the anti-Hanson protest, demanding we delete our viral video of what happened in broad daylight on the steps of Parliament House.”
He went on to acknowledge that there were children in the video stating “These students performed for the cameras, used vile language and made threats, knowing they were being filmed.”
“One Nation has appealed the suspension. Update coming soon” he concluded.
I have been suspended on Facebook.
This follows legal threats from parents of kids at the anti-Hanson protest, demanding we delete our viral video of what happened in broad daylight on the steps of Parliament House.
These students performed for the cameras, used vile language… pic.twitter.com/xioHAeiGbX
— Bernardi (@corybernardi) August 29, 2026
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