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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos

Moira Deeming vows to fight expulsion push over involvement in protest attended by neo-Nazis

MP Moira Deeming spoke at a rally outside Victoria’s parliament on Saturday that was attended by a neo-Nazi group.
MP Moira Deeming spoke at an anti-trans rally outside Victoria’s parliament on Saturday that was attended by a neo-Nazi group. Photograph: Julian Smith/AAP

Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming has vowed to fight opposition leader John Pesutto’s push to expel her from the Liberal party room and says she’s done nothing wrong after she attended a rally she claims was “gate-crashed” by neo-Nazis.

Pesutto released a statement on Sunday night announcing he had met with Deeming to inform her he would move a motion to expel her from the parliamentary Liberal party, after she attended the rally in support of British anti-transgender activist Kellie-Jay Keen, who was speaking as part of a national tour.

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