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Canavan, Stoker make bold claims at Brisbane pro-life rally
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Queensland LNP senator Matt Canavan has claimed pregnancies are being terminated on the basis of gender and said he would introduce a bill to oppose the practice being funded by Medicare.
The March For Life rally outside Queensland Parliament on Saturday afternoon.
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Federal Assistant Minister for Women Amanda Stoker also addressed the crowd and claimed those who advocate for the humane treatment of animals were also often critics of pro-life supporters.
Stoker, Canavan and Christensen to speak at pro-life rally in Brisbane
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Scott Morrison’s Assistant Minister for Women will be among the headline speakers at an anti-abortion and anti-euthanasia rally in Brisbane on Saturday.
Senator Amanda Stoker’s appearance, fresh from losing her fight against James McGrath for the coveted first place on the LNP Senate ticket, comes as the pro-life movement ramps up its activism, including paid newspaper and radio advertisements, before a planned conscience vote on voluntary assisted dying laws in Queensland.
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Senator Stoker lost her bid for the top position on the Senate ticket to fellow Senator James McGrath and has now been relegated to the usually unwinnable third spot.
Mr Gleeson said there was an opportunity for Senator Stoker to be moved to the seat of Bowman where there will likely be a pre-selection battle.
“If she wants to get ahead in life, she needs to be in the House of Representatives rather than being a Senator,” he said.
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Conservative Queensland Senator Amanda Stoker has lost her bid for the top spot on the LNP s upper house ticket for the next federal election.
Senator James McGrath prevailed at the Saturday meeting of the LNP state council, garnering 212 votes to Senator Stoker s 101.
The result means that Senator Stoker will have the third spot on the ballot, with Nationals member Matt Canavan at number two.
The relegation is unlikely to lead to Senator Stoker s exit from parliament, as the coalition has won at least three Senate seats in Queensland at every federal election since 1998.
Senator McGrath, 46, quit his junior frontbench role in the lead up to Malcolm Turnbull being toppled as prime minister and played a key part in bringing down Tony Abbott.