Coalition dumps Liberal candidate who said women should not serve in ADF combat roles

Ben Britton has been dumped as a Liberal candidate for the New South Wales seat of Whitlam after it was revealed he had expressed a string of controversial views on fringe podcasts before his preselection. Britton was taken off the Liberal party’s website, and the party has confirmed he was no longer being endorsed, with the party quickly replacing him with Nathaniel Smith. Britton had told a rightwing podcast Australia’s education system “brainwashed” students, and had also claimed that women should not serve in combat positions with the Australian defence force (ADF). His replacement is currently the CEO of the

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