Former prime minister Tony Abbott says as the father of three daughters, he remains “utterly dismayed” that a mainstream political party would sack a member of parliament for defending women’s rights.
Moira Deeming was recently expelled from the Victorian Liberal Party in the latest twist following her involvement in a pro-women’s rally which was hijacked by a group of neo-Nazis in March.
“To the extent that the Liberal Party has a women’s problem, it must have got much, much worse by the expulsion of this brave and smart woman from its own ranks,” Mr Abbott told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
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