Article 6714G New Victorian Liberal MP tells Labor to ‘get out of churches’ and rails against ‘failed socialist experiment’

New Victorian Liberal MP tells Labor to ‘get out of churches’ and rails against ‘failed socialist experiment’

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Benita Kolovos and Adeshola Ore
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Fellow Liberal new arrival Evan Mulholland calls for prison sentences to be scrapped for some drug offences

New Victorian Liberal MP Evan Mulholland has used his first speech in parliament to call for the scrapping of prison sentences for some drug offences, while his party colleague Renee Heath railed against the Labor government, claiming it needed to get out of classrooms, get out of churches".

The pair were among the first newly elected MPs to address parliament for the first time on Tuesday evening, following the November election that delivered the Andrews government a fourth term.

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