Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming avoids an expulsion motion led by party leader John Pesutto and instead is suspended for nine months from the parliamentary party over her involvement in a controversial rally.
abc.net.au/news/moira-deeming-liberal-vote-on-expulsion-from-parliamentary-party/102148216Victorian MP Moira Deeming has avoided expulsion from the parliamentary Liberal Party, but has been handed a nine-month suspension over her involvement with a controversial rally.
The "Let Women Speak" event began outside Victoria's Parliament on March 18 and was then attended by a group of masked men performed the Nazi salute multiple times. It also attracted a larger counter-protest in support of trans rights.
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