Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is refusing to apologise for labelling a female Liberal MP a “halfwit grub”, declaring he was defending a Labor colleague.
Opposition women’s spokeswoman and Eildon MP Cindy McLeish says the premier made the remark in state parliament on Tuesday before withdrawing it.
“Those comments were deeply offensive to me, but I probably wasn’t surprised because this is a pattern of behaviour we continue to see from the premier,” she told reporters.
“He’s a serial bully and treats women terribly.”
In 2016, Andrews denied allegations he made disparaging comments about former Liberal MP Donna Bauer in 2014 when she was battling bowel cancer….