Pressure is mounting on Jeremy Rockliff to cut his controversial candidate Julie Sladden loose.

Fresh comments have emerged from Ms Sladden lamenting the public silencing of her dangerous views on vaccines and medical science and comparing it to the treatment given to climate change sceptics.

“I think this is part of a broader problem that we're seeing, a broader silencing of heterodox views and people who have different opinions. We actually, and climate science is a great example of that. The jury's not in, the science isn't settled, and it never will be because we learn stuff all the time,” Ms Sladden told Quadrant Magazine two weeks ago.

But if being anti-Tasmanian, anti-vaccination and anti-trans wasn’t enough – it turns out Ms Sladden is anti-Liberal too.

Sladden was employed by and worked on the campaign of independent Russell Broadbent – who is famous for also being anti-vaccination and pro-ivermectin – against the Liberal Party until last month’s federal election.

“Actively assisting a candidate” other than one endorsed by the Liberal Party is grounds for the withdrawal of party membership, as Clarence Mayor Brendan Blomeley found out when all he did was to not rule out running as an independent last year.

MAGA sympathiser Sladden tweeted she only joined the Liberals in 2022 because she was disillusioned with the direction of the party and wanted to “make the Liberal Party Great Again”.

Jeremy Rockliff has form in losing members to the crossbench and it is obvious Sladden is a flight-risk.

It speaks volumes to Rockliff’s weak leadership he would allow someone who is anti-vaccination, anti-Tasmanian, anti-trans and anti-Liberal to be preselected.

Sarah Lovell MLC