Opposition Leader John Pesutto says he is confident of having the numbers to remove controversial MP Moira Deeming following her attendance at a rally gatecrashed by neo-Nazis.
Liberal MP Moira Deeming has vowed to fight her expulsion from the party room in a vote that MPs are billing as a major test for leader John Pesutto.
One Liberal MP, commenting on the condition of anonymity, described the situation as a “proxy leadership vote” for Pesutto, while another said they would be supporting the motion because they did not want to “hang the leader out to dry” just three months into the job.Credit:Deeming said she was blindsided by the party leadership’s move to expel her and was attempting to unite supporters behind her on a freedom-of-speech platform.
The Liberal Party has been at a crossroads over social issues as it struggles to bridge the internal divide between its socially liberal and conservative members, and bring the party back to the centre of mainstream Australia. Deeming claimed counter-protesters supporting trans rights were themselves violent and condemned the “extreme left”.
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