Victorian Liberal Party leader John Pesutto has backed away from his move to expel Liberal MP Moira Deeming from the party, opting instead for a nine-month suspension.
The move follows Deeming’s appearance at the women’s rights rally ‘Let Women Speak’ rally on March 18 which was overtaken by a neo-Nazi protest and marred by violence by clashes between the police and trans-activists who had deemed the rally as having an anti-trans agenda.
Pesutto, on March 27, said that Deeming had provided condemnation of the types of conduct” in social media activity by key speakers at the rally.”
“The new material she supplied this morning opened the doorway to a sensible proposal that I put to the party room that saw her accept the nine months [suspension], losing the party whip position as well,” he said….