Exclusive: Two party members say it is ‘unacceptable’ that Peter Poulos was not formally sanctioned
Liberals are facing internal pushback from senior women in the party who are furious that an upper house MP has avoided any formal sanctions despite admitting he circulated explicit photos of a female rival.MP from a 1980s Penthouse modelling shoot during a preselection battle five years ago., stood by Poulos, admitting his actions were “incredibly inappropriate” but that “people make mistakes”.
“How does a female member justify this behaviour standing on a polling booth,” Hodgson wrote in the email, seen by the Guardian and sent on Thursday to a series of high-ranking NSW Liberals, including the party’s president Maria Kovacic. “It’s also not the same as a young person making an error of judgement as this person was in his 40s and should know better … this behaviour falls well below the ethical standards expected by a member of parliament.”
“His intentions were callous and sexist, and should not be tolerated,” she wrote in the message, also sent to Kovacic.
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