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Sexism just has no place in our political debate, full stop. A billboard truck using sexist language has been driving around Melbourne as part of a secret and well-funded political campaign. People are entitled to disagree with me. That’s democracy. But I care that this attacks women. And I care about who’s next. The political debate in this country has become corrosive over the last few years. So much so that behaviour which would once have been condemned is now just another part of life. Media don’t call it out. They report on this like it’s fair game, like it’s normal. But nothing about this is normal. If you don’t take a stand against this creeping culture, it has a tendency of taking over. You only have to look at America to know that. I cannot stand back and let Victoria become a place where this sort of language is fair game against any woman at work - or any woman in leadership. If we don’t draw a line, the line will keep moving. At the end of the day, I just want my kids to grow up knowing that women deserve the same respect as men. I want girls to know that they should never need to aim lower just to feel safer. And I want boys to know that they don’t have to put women ‘in their place’ to make their own way in the world. Sexism hurts everyone. If the media won’t call out it, I will.