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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos

Moira Deeming tells Victorian Liberal MPs she will challenge her suspension from the party

Victorian upper house MP Moira Deeming
Victorian upper house MP Moira Deeming is also challenging her suspension from the parliamentary Liberal party after attending a rally gatecrashed by neo-Nazis. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Moira Deeming says she is mounting a legal challenge against her nine-month suspension from the Liberal party after issuing a failed ultimatum to leader, John Pesutto, to declare that she is not a Nazi sympathiser.

Deeming was suspended for nine months from the Liberals during a party room meeting on 27 March, after she earlier attended an anti-transgender demonstration that was gatecrashed by neo-Nazis.

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