Senior Liberal says state MPs should be in parliament as Moira Deeming prepares to attend Jordan Peterson conference

Moira Deeming is one of several Australian state and federal MPs planning to attend a conference in the UK, held by Jordan Peterson. Photograph: Con Chronis/AAP

A senior Victorian Liberal says all of the party’s state MPs are expected to be in parliament and that it is up to Moira Deeming to explain why she will miss a sitting week to attend a UK conference led by Jordan Peterson.

Deeming will skip next week’s sitting of Victorian parliament to attend the gathering staged by the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC), which is associated with the Canadian psychologist and self-help book author.