A satirical group is withdrawing a statement that alleged federal Liberal MP, Andrew Laming, took up-skirt photos of a woman in her workplace. 

Andrew Laming threatened to sue the comedy group ,“The Shot” for defamation, after it characterised an incident in which he took a photo of a woman bending over as “up-skirting”.

Queensland Police dropped the charges against Laming on the basis there was no evidence of a criminal offence.

Laming has returned to parliament from personal leave for empathy training and counselling, following a series of complaints from his constituents.