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Moira Deeming
Moira Deeming | |
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 Deeming in 2023 | |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 26 November 2022 | |
| Constituency | Western Metropolitan Region |
| Councillor of the City of Melton | |
| In office 5 November 2020 – 21 December 2022 | |
| Succeeded by | Justine Farrugia |
| Constituency | Watts Ward |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Other political affiliations | Independent Liberal (2023–2024) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | La Trobe University |
| Occupation |
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Moira Deeming is an Australian politician and member of the Victorian Liberal Party. She has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria, for the Western Metropolitan Region of the, since November 2022. She previously sat as a councillor for the Melton City Council representing the Watts Ward.[1]
Deeming is known for her views on transgender people. On 18 March 2023, Deeming spoke at an anti-trans rally, which she helped organise, outside of the Victorian Parliament.[2][3][4] The rally was attended by a neo-Nazi group who repeatedly performed Nazi salutes from the steps of Parliament.[5]
Following Deeming's participation in the rally, then-leader of the opposition John Pesutto announced that he would move to have her expelled from the parliamentary Liberal Party.[6] On 27 March 2023, Deeming was suspended from the parliamentary Liberal Party for nine months.[6] After repeated legal threats against Pesutto, she was indefinitely expelled from the parliamentary party room on 12 May 2023.[7] In December 2024 the Federal Court ruled that Pesutto had defamed Deeming by suggesting that she associates with Nazis.[8] Deeming was readmitted to the parliamentary Liberal Party on 27 December 2024.
- ^ "Cr Moira Deeming". www.melton.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ Ilanbey, Sumeyya; Carmody, Broede; Abbott, Lachlan (21 March 2023). "Bid to delay expulsion of Deeming fails as details of Pesutto's motion revealed". The Age. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ^ Kolovos, Benita (20 March 2023). "Moira Deeming vows to fight expulsion push over involvement in protest attended by neo-Nazis". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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The Age-2024was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Liberal MP set to be expelled over role in violent Melbourne anti-trans rally". Seven News. 19 March 2023. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
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