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'''Moira Deeming''' (born 1983) is an Australian politician who
Deeming is well 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ilanbey |first=Sumeyya |last2=Carmody |first2=Broede |last3=Abbott |first3=Lachlan |date=2023-03-21 |title=Bid to delay expulsion of Deeming fails as details of Pesutto's motion revealed |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/bid-to-delay-expulsion-of-deeming-fails-as-details-of-pesutto-s-motion-revealed-20230321-p5ctvl.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321055125/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/bid-to-delay-expulsion-of-deeming-fails-as-details-of-pesutto-s-motion-revealed-20230321-p5ctvl.html |archive-date=21 March 2023 |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=The Age |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kolovos |first=Benita |date=2023-03-20 |title=Moira Deeming vows to fight expulsion push over involvement in protest attended by neo-Nazis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/20/victorian-opposition-leader-moves-to-expel-mp-involved-in-anti-trans-protest-attended-by-neo-nazis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320003438/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/20/victorian-opposition-leader-moves-to-expel-mp-involved-in-anti-trans-protest-attended-by-neo-nazis |archive-date=20 March 2023 |access-date=2023-03-21 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref name="The Age-2024" /> The rally was attended by [[National Socialist Network|neo-Nazi groups]] who repeatedly performed Nazi salutes from the steps of Parliament.<ref name="7news-2023">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-19 |title=Liberal MP set to be expelled over role in violent Melbourne anti-trans rally |url=https://7news.com.au/news/vic/liberal-mp-moira-deeming-set-to-be-expelled-over-role-in-violent-melbourne-anti-trans-rally--c-10091551 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321055120/https://7news.com.au/news/vic/liberal-mp-moira-deeming-set-to-be-expelled-over-role-in-violent-melbourne-anti-trans-rally--c-10091551 |archive-date=21 March 2023 |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=7NEWS |language=en}}</ref>
Following Deeming's participation in the rally, leader of the opposition [[John Pesutto]] announced that he would move to have her expelled from the parliamentary Liberal Party.<ref name="Carmody-2023" /> On 27 March 2023, Deeming was suspended from the parliamentary Liberal Party for nine months.<ref name="Carmody-2023" /> After repeated legal threats against Pesutto, she was indefinitely expelled from the parliamentary party room on 12 May 2023.<ref name="Kohn-2023" /> In December 2024 the [[Federal Court of Australia|Federal Court]] ruled that Pesutto had defamed Deeming by suggesting that she associates with [[Nazism|Nazis]].<ref name="Asher-2024" /> Deeming was readmitted to the parliamentary Liberal Party on [[2024 Victorian Liberal Party leadership spill|27 December 2024]].
== Early life, personal life and education ==
Deeming identifies as being [[Māori Australians|Māori]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=King |first1=Charlotte |last2=Burns |first2=Andy |date=7 November 2022 |title=Religious right roadmap to Liberal Party control revealed as internal ructions over church groups increase |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-07/religious-right-roadmap-infiltrate-liberal-party/101611840 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207234713/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-07/religious-right-roadmap-infiltrate-liberal-party/101611840 |archive-date=7 February 2024 |access-date=4 February 2024 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |language=en-AU}}</ref> She is a [[Presbyterian Church of Australia|Presbyterian]],<ref name="www.melton.vic.gov.au" /> although she attended the [[Catholic Church in Australia|Catholic]] high school [[St. Francis Xavier College, Beaconsfield|St. Francis Xavier College]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Principles over Principals |url=http://ipa.org.au/ipa-review-articles/principles-over-principals |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=IPA – The Voice For Freedom |language=en-US |archive-date=19 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019225637/https://ipa.org.au/ipa-review-articles/principles-over-principals |url-status=live }}</ref> Deeming has a Bachelor of International Relations from [[La Trobe University]] and a Post-Graduate Diploma of Education from the [[University of Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Moira Deeming |url=https://vic.liberal.org.au/team/moira-deeming |publisher=[[Liberal Victoria]] |access-date=27 February 2023 |archive-date=27 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227145836/https://vic.liberal.org.au/team/moira-deeming |url-status=live }}</ref> She previously worked as a teacher for over a decade.<ref name="www.melton.vic.gov.au" />
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[[File:National Socialist Network protest, March 2023.png|thumb|400px|Members of the National Socialist Network performing [[Nazi salutes]] on 18 March 2023|alt=An image of neo-Nazi's performing Nazi salutes during the anti-trans protest on 18 March 2023]]
On 18 March 2023, Deeming spoke at an anti-trans rally, which she helped British anti-transgender rights activist [[Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull]] organise in [[Melbourne]].<ref name="The Age-2024" /><ref name="Kohn-2023" /><ref name="News.com.au-2023" /> The rally was also attended by the neo-Nazi group [[National Socialist Network]] (NSN) and its leader [[Thomas Sewell (Australian neo-Nazi)|Thomas Sewell]].<ref name="News.com.au-2023">{{cite web |url=https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/activists-expose-disturbing-past-of-young-aussie-neonazi/news-story/6b2a537ff2b974f4ddfc4e5a0e26d5d9 |title=Activists expose disturbing past of young Aussie neo-Nazi |date=20 March 2023 |work=News.com.au |access-date=24 March 2023 |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322141145/https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/activists-expose-disturbing-past-of-young-aussie-neonazi/news-story/6b2a537ff2b974f4ddfc4e5a0e26d5d9 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Kohn-2023">{{Cite web |last=Kohn |first=Peter |date=12 May 2023 |title=Victorian Liberals expel Moira Deeming |url=https://www.australianjewishnews.com/victorian-liberals-expel-moira-deeming/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231202004801/https://www.australianjewishnews.com/victorian-liberals-expel-moira-deeming/ |archive-date=2 December 2023 |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Australian Jewish News |language=en-US}}</ref> The neo-Nazis repeatedly engaged in [[Nazi salute]]s and carried far-right extremist banners (including one that [[LGBT grooming conspiracy theory|compared transgender people to paedophiles]]), which sparked clashes with counter protesters who attended the rally.<ref name="Kolovos-2023" /><ref name="7news-2023" /> Deeming later said that she had noticed the neo-Nazi group, but said she was told there was "nothing [they] could do" about their presence, and that she "just got back to [the] rally". Deeming denied seeing the group perform salutes.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ore |first=Adeshola |date=2024-09-18 |title=Moira Deeming ‘determined to be brave’ by attending controversial rally despite safety threats, defamation trial hears |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/18/moira-deeming-defamation-trial-john-pesutto-nazi-rally-claims-ntwnfb |access-date=2024-09-18 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> She also said that she struggles to remember the anti-trans rally she helped organise.<ref name="The Age-2024">{{Cite web |date=2024-09-18 |title=Ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming takes to the stand in defamation trial |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/ousted-liberal-mp-moira-deeming-takes-to-the-stand-in-defamation-trial-20240918-p5kbo6.html |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=The Age |language=en}}</ref>
In a public statement Liberal opposition leader John Pesutto described Deeming's position as "untenable" due to her "involvement in organising, promoting and participating in a rally with speakers and other organisers who themselves have been publicly associated with far right-wing extremist groups including neo-Nazi activists".<ref name="Kolovos-2023" /> Pesutto then moved to expel her from the party.<ref name="Kolovos-2023">{{cite news |last1=Kolovos |first1=Benita |title=Moira Deeming vows to fight expulsion push over involvement in protest attended by neo-Nazis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/20/victorian-opposition-leader-moves-to-expel-mp-involved-in-anti-trans-protest-attended-by-neo-nazis |access-date=20 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=20 March 2023 |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320001749/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/20/victorian-opposition-leader-moves-to-expel-mp-involved-in-anti-trans-protest-attended-by-neo-nazis |url-status=live }}</ref> MPs [[Brad Battin]] and [[Richard Riordan (Australian politician)|Richard Riordan]] attempted to delay a vote on expelling her by a week, but failed, losing the vote 18 to 11.<ref name="Ilanbey-2023" /> It was reported that Deeming was also supported by [[Chris Crewther]], [[Matthew Guy]], [[Bill Tilley]], [[David Hodgett]], and [[Ann-Marie Hermans]].<ref name="Ilanbey-2023">{{cite news |last1=Ilanbey |first1=Sumeyya |last2=Eddie |first2=Rachel |last3=Sakkal |first3=Paul |title=Moira Deeming suffers blow in fight against expulsion from Liberals' party room |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/bid-to-delay-expulsion-of-deeming-fails-as-details-of-pesutto-s-motion-revealed-20230321-p5ctvl.html |access-date=21 March 2023 |work=The Age |date=21 March 2023 |archive-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321011206/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/bid-to-delay-expulsion-of-deeming-fails-as-details-of-pesutto-s-motion-revealed-20230321-p5ctvl.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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===Expulsion from the Liberal Party party room===
Deeming reportedly returned to threatening the Liberal Party leader again after sending a letter reiterating the threat of a defamation case.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smethurst |first1=Annika |last2=Carmody |first2=Broede |title=Deeming fires off defamation threat to Pesutto |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/liberals-lgbtq-branch-calls-for-victorian-mps-to-boot-deeming-20230511-p5d7ln.html |access-date=11 May 2023 |work=The Age |date=11 May 2023 |archive-date=11 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511021653/https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/liberals-lgbtq-branch-calls-for-victorian-mps-to-boot-deeming-20230511-p5d7ln.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 12 May 2023 Deeming was expelled from the parliamentary [[Parliamentary group|party room]] by 19 votes to 11.<ref name="Carmody-2023">{{Cite web |last=Ilanbey |first=Sumeyya |last2=Carmody |first2=Broede |date=2023-05-12 |title=Liberal MPs vote to expel Deeming |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/liberal-mps-gather-to-vote-on-deeming-expulsion-20230512-p5d7v5.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512023753/https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/liberal-mps-gather-to-vote-on-deeming-expulsion-20230512-p5d7v5.html |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=The Age |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Kohn-2023" /> Despite her expulsion, Deeming has re-iterated that she would never quit or resign from the party. In an interview with [[Sky News Australia]]'s [[Peta Credlin]], Deeming stated that she had been "betrayed" by the party and "relentlessly hunted" out of the party room following the anti-trans rally.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McMillan |first1=Ashleigh |title='Relentlessly hunted': Defiant Deeming says she was done over by Liberals |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/relentlessly-hunted-defiant-deeming-says-she-was-done-over-by-liberals-20230514-p5d86r.html |access-date=14 May 2023 |work=The Age |date=14 May 2023 |archive-date=14 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514012947/https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/relentlessly-hunted-defiant-deeming-says-she-was-done-over-by-liberals-20230514-p5d86r.html |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result of Deeming's expulsion, she currently sits as an [[Independent Liberal (Australia)|Independent Liberal]].<ref name="Schmidt-2023">{{Cite news |last=Schmidt |first=Nathan |date=2023-11-20 |title=Controversial MP Moira Deeming to sue Liberal leader after party expulsion |url=https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/politics/controversial-mp-moira-deeming-to-sue-liberal-leader-after-party-expulsion/news-story/50cc115564d4c2f77d7e0fe7495493fc?amp |access-date=2024-04-30 |work=[[news.com.au]] |quote=Victoria Independent Liberal MP Moira Deeming has expressed her gratitude to the state Liberal Party for supporting her push for an inquiry into gender-affirming care for children. |archive-date=20 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120030434/https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/politics/controversial-mp-moira-deeming-to-sue-liberal-leader-after-party-expulsion/news-story/50cc115564d4c2f77d7e0fe7495493fc?amp |url-status=live }}</ref>
In December 2023, after months of attempted mediation failed, Deeming filled a civil complaint against Pesutto.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-05 |title=Victorian MP Moira Deeming lodges defamation suit against former boss John Pesutto |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-05/moira-deeming-lodges-defamation-suit-john-pesutto/103125656 |access-date=2024-11-24 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="Silva-2024">{{cite web |last1=Silva |first1=Kristian |last2=Willingham |first2=Richard |date=2 February 2024 |title=John Pesutto 'not concerned' as legal battle with Moira Deeming heads to Federal Court trial |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-02/john-pesutto-moira-deeming-defamation-federal-court-lawsuit/103419842 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529140831/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-02/john-pesutto-moira-deeming-defamation-federal-court-lawsuit/103419842 |archive-date=29 May 2024 |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> Deeming stated that she had been falsely accused of being an associate of "neo-Nazi sympathisers and extremists".<ref name="Schmidt-2023" /> She said that she had been defamed by Pesutto in media releases, a press conference and broadcast interviews.
▲In December 2023, after months of attempted mediation failed, Deeming filled a civil complaint against Pesutto.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-05 |title=Victorian MP Moira Deeming lodges defamation suit against former boss John Pesutto |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-05/moira-deeming-lodges-defamation-suit-john-pesutto/103125656 |access-date=2024-11-24 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="Silva-2024">{{cite web |last1=Silva |first1=Kristian |last2=Willingham |first2=Richard |date=2 February 2024 |title=John Pesutto 'not concerned' as legal battle with Moira Deeming heads to Federal Court trial |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-02/john-pesutto-moira-deeming-defamation-federal-court-lawsuit/103419842 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529140831/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-02/john-pesutto-moira-deeming-defamation-federal-court-lawsuit/103419842 |archive-date=29 May 2024 |access-date=31 May 2024 |website=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> Deeming stated that she had been falsely accused of being an associate of "neo-Nazi sympathisers and extremists".<ref name="Schmidt-2023" /> She said that she had been defamed by Pesutto in media releases, a press conference and broadcast interviews.<ref name="Silva-2024" /> Pesutto denied Deeming's claims, stating that he had never called her a "neo-Nazi, white supremacist or anything similar".<ref name="Silva-2024" /> Pesutto's statement of defence however alleged that Deeming had failed to distance herself from people who had associated with people from the far-right.<ref name="Silva-2024" />
During a hearing of the case in September 2024, the court was played secretly recorded audio of a meeting between Deeming, Pesutto, and Pesutto's leadership team.<ref name="Meehan-2024">{{Cite web |last=Meehan |first=Melissa |date=2024-09-17 |title=Deeming quizzed about gender views in defamation trial |url=https://www.northweststar.com.au/story/8765488/deeming-quizzed-about-gender-views-in-defamation-trial/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Northwest Star |language=en-au |archive-date=17 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917084638/https://www.northweststar.com.au/story/8765488/deeming-quizzed-about-gender-views-in-defamation-trial/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Smethurst-2024">{{Cite web |last=Smethurst |first=Annika |date=2024-09-17 |title=‘I’m not a Nazi’: Inside the room where senior Liberals ‘piled on’ Moira Deeming |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/i-m-not-a-nazi-inside-the-room-where-senior-liberals-piled-on-moira-deeming-20240917-p5kb9r.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002192008/https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/i-m-not-a-nazi-inside-the-room-where-senior-liberals-piled-on-moira-deeming-20240917-p5kb9r.html |archive-date=2 October 2024 |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=The Age |language=en}}</ref> The meeting was recorded by [[David Southwick]], Pesutto's deputy and immediately followed the anti-trans rally.<ref name="Meehan-2024" /><ref name="Smethurst-2024" /> In the audio played, Deeming was lectured for her role in the rally and for having champagne afterwards with Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull.<ref name="Meehan-2024" /> Deeming's lawyer in court said that the meeting was a "pile-on" and that a decision had already been made to remove her from the party.<ref name="Smethurst-2024" />
In December 2024 the [[Federal Court of Australia|Federal Court]] ruled that Pesutto had defamed Deeming. Pesutto was ordered to pay $300,000 in damages, with a hearing at a later date to determine costs. As a result of her win, Deeming stated that she expected to be able to return to the parliamentary party room.<ref name="Asher-2024">{{cite news |last1=Asher |first1=Nicole |last2=Wong |first2=Leanne |last3=Willingham |first3=Richard |date=12 December 2024 |title=Moira Deeming wins defamation case against John Pesutto, judge orders $300k in damages |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-12/john-pesutto-moira-deeming-defamation-verdict-liberal-party/104713592 |access-date=12 December 2024 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |language=en-AU}}</ref>
== Political views ==
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Deeming is [[anti-abortion]], believes that laws legalising abortion need to be repealed, and believes that rape victims should reject abortions and turn to the church.<ref name="Thomas-2023" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Snowden |first=Angelica |date=18 April 2023 |title=Suspended Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming battles for 'sex-based rights' |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/suspended-victorian-liberal-mpmoira-deeming-battles-for-sexbased-rights/news-story/2e0a3cd3ff552039c50e1439f35feec6 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029045018/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/suspended-victorian-liberal-mpmoira-deeming-battles-for-sexbased-rights/news-story/2e0a3cd3ff552039c50e1439f35feec6 |archive-date=29 October 2023 |access-date=7 October 2023 |website=[[The Australian]] |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name="Rogers-2023" /> She is against [[voluntary euthanasia]].<ref name="Rogers-2023" /> Deeming is against the [[COVID-19 vaccine]] mandates, and considers [[Vaccine passports during the COVID-19 pandemic|vaccine passports]] immoral and a form of segregation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oliver |first=Sarah |date=2021-12-20 |title=Councillors speak openly against mandates |url=https://meltonmoorabool.starweekly.com.au/news/councillors-speak-openly-against-mandates/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802175932/https://meltonmoorabool.starweekly.com.au/news/councillors-speak-openly-against-mandates/ |archive-date=2 August 2022 |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Melton & Moorabool |language=en-US}}</ref> As of September 2021 she said in an interview that she was unvaccinated, and that she'd be waiting and that she was reserving her judgement due to concerns.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKeEjJWGw0s |title=LIVE TALK WITH CANADA: Moira Deeming |date=2021-09-09 |type=Video |minutes=21 |access-date=27 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727001603/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKeEjJWGw0s |archive-date=27 July 2022 |url-status=dead |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> Deeming is against changing the date of [[Australia Day]].<ref name="Graham-2022" /> She is a member of the conservative think-tank [[Institute of Public Affairs]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-16 |title=Primary Returns 16 January 2023 – Register of Interests |url=https://new.parliament.vic.gov.au/4a395f/globalassets/tabled-paper-documents/tabled-paper-7072/register_of_interests_-_returns_submitted_by_members_of_the_legislative_council_____primary_returns_____16_january_2023_ys54.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007084252/https://new.parliament.vic.gov.au/4a395f/globalassets/tabled-paper-documents/tabled-paper-7072/register_of_interests_-_returns_submitted_by_members_of_the_legislative_council_____primary_returns_____16_january_2023_ys54.pdf |archive-date=7 October 2023 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Parliament of Victoria}}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:21st-century Australian women politicians]]
[[Category:Anti-transgender activists]]
[[Category:1983 births]]
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