Moira Deeming will run for Family First at the November Victorian state election after quitting the Liberal Party.<\/p>\n
The former Liberal MP revealed on Thursday that she will run for the minor party and serve as its leader at the election.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am super excited to announce that I\u2019ve joined Family First,\u201d she wrote on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have long admired their principled stance on a whole range of issues, and I\u2019m very proud to lead the Party into the November election, where I\u2019m running to win my seat in Western Metro.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not going to be an easy battle, but there are five seats up for grabs.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne Nation, Labor, Liberal and the Greens seem almost guaranteed the first four, and I\u2019ll be doing everything I can to stop the fifth seat going to a party or candidate who will vote against parental rights, child safeguards and biological truth.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking outside Parliament on Thursday morning, Ms Deeming said that Family First national director Lyle Shelton \u2013 who previously led the Australian Christian Lobby \u2013 had played an important role in her political life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve known Lyle for a very, very long time, well before I even thought about getting involved in politics,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
“Back when I was a teacher, and I started reading all of the new laws and curriculums that were going to remove all the child safeguards, and I looked around, and all I could see was Lyle.<\/p>\n
“Lyle was one of the only men standing up against it, and they threw all kinds of grenades at him as well. He stood strong, and I have so much respect for that.”<\/p>\n
Ms Deeming said she believed she had more to do in politics.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m just really pleased to be joining this party and fighting for the west, because the job isn’t done, it’s not done,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cChild safeguards are not in the law. The major parties continue to take the West for granted, and we don’t get our fair share of revenue from the taxes, and we don’t get our fair share of investment. And it’s absolutely disgraceful.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I just really want to fight for the families of the West and for the things that I’ve always fought for, and I’m just going to continue to do that now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ms Deeming has experienced a tumultuous tenure in Parliament since she was elected in 2022, having been exiled from the Liberal partyroom in early 2023.<\/p>\n
The Western Metropolitan MP engaged in a years-long legal battle with former opposition leader John Pesutto after she appeared at a Let Women Speak rally that was gatecrashed by neo-Nazis.<\/p>\n
The dispute ended when a federal judge ruled she had been defamed as someone who associates with Nazis.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She returned to the Liberal partyroom after the victory.<\/p>\n
However in July her tenure in the Liberal Party came to an end for good after she accused fellow MP Matthew Guy of assault.<\/p>\n
Video of the incident failed to support her claim and police said that after an investigation there was “no offence detected”.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was expelled from the Party after failing to withdraw and apologise for her claims.<\/p>\n
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