Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm has publicly criticised the late Rebecca Wilson for the second time since news broke of her death.
The 54-year-old sports journalist died at home last week after a long and private battle with breast cancer.
AAP reports Senator Leyonhjelm interrupted a Senate tribute to the columnist on Tuesday, to ask if he could make a statement on the Labor motion acknowledging her contribution to the industry.
The 64-year-old reportedly said a story Wilson wrote last year, which named and shamed football fans, was something nobody should be proud of. He added, “Death does not absolve us of what we did when we were alive.”
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As far as I am concerned, David Leyonhjelm is just a Trojan Horse for the Gun Lobby aka fool-bullies-with-guns. I have no interest in any word he says. He is also one of these dills who claim to be 'Libertarian' ie 'small government' = I don't want to pay taxes to help run the Country. CROOK that this drongo now has his snout in the trough of tax-payers' funds, to which he probably contributes nothing.
Leyonhjlem seems destined to self-combust; this is as tin-eared as his commentary on the childless subsidising families.