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Adeshola Ore and Caitlin Cassidy

Moira Deeming’s young children began saying ‘my mum’s a Nazi’ amid rally controversy, affidavit claims

Independent MP Moira Deeming (centre) and her lawyer Sue Chrysanthou SC, arrive to the Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne, Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Moira Deeming (right) and lawyer Sue Chrysanthou SC, arrive at the federal court of Australia in Melbourne on Wednesday. The Victorian MP is suing state opposition leader, John Pesutto, for allegedly falsely portraying her as a Nazi sympathiser. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming was “distraught” after her young children began saying “my mum’s a Nazi” amid controversy over a rally she attended, according to an affidavit made public by the federal court.

Deeming is suing the state Liberal leader, John Pesutto, for allegedly falsely portraying her as a Nazi sympathiser after she helped organise and spoke at the “Let Women Speak” rally on 18 March 2023 which was gatecrashed by neo-Nazis. She was expelled from the party less than two months later after initially being suspended.

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