Independent candidate for Hughes Linda Seymour has criticised Hughes MP Craig Kelly for speaking at a Melbourne 'freedom' protest.
Mr Kelly railed against the vaccination of children and vaccine passports at the protest.
"We have a lot of fights ahead of us. The most important fight is to protect our children," he told protesters.
Ms Seymour said speaking at the rally was not representing Hughes constituents.
"Craig Kelly attending a 'freedom rally' in Melbourne denouncing a Victorian State policy could not be further removed from his job of representing the people of Hughes," she said.
"Craig Kelly has undermined confidence in our health professionals and rides a wave of outrage which devalues social cohesion.
"On the weekend, rather than engage with our electorate and the issues and concerns of Hughes, Craig Kelly chose to go to Melbourne to speak at a 'freedom rally' where the sinister symbolism of nooses and gallows were used.
"We know where this can lead. Public health and social health are intertwined. A core objective of my platform is to be able to discuss issues respectfully. This is the opposite to how we have been represented in our electorate."
Mr Kelly hit back at the criticism saying as the leader of a political party, he must campaign nationwide.
"In the same manner that Mr Albanese as the Member for the inner City seat of Grayndler (and the Leader of the Labor Party) and Mr Joyce as Member for New England (and Leader of the National Party) travel across the country discussing Federal issues of national importance, likewise I at times will travel to different areas of Australia as leader of the United Australia Party," he said.
"The two issues of the protest in Melbourne were firstly the abuse of Australian citizens' Human Rights (where Australians are being coerced to undergo a medical intervention to keep their jobs - which is a clear violation of Australia's Human Rights obligations under the provisions of the Universal Declaration of the Bioethics and Human Rights) and secondly, the excessive use of so-called 'emergency powers' by state governments, which is a threat to our democracy. These issues affect all Australians, including the residents of Hughes.
"Do the independents support Human Rights - or do they condone the abuse of Human Rights and Government imposed medical coercion? Do they believe in the principle of ''my body my choice"?
"For my part, I condemn all acts and threats of violence."