Ms Banks described the period between the leadership change and her decision to move to the crossbench as the "most distressing, gut-wrenching period" of her career.
"After the August 2018 leadership coup that installed Scott Morrison as prime minister, I felt the full brunt of a culture of fear and silence, underpinned by sexism and misogyny," she said.
She accused Mr Morrison of using a "Trumpesque tone" to try to dissuade her from announcing that she would not be recontesting her seat.
"During this period, Morrison was like constant, menacing, background wallpaper, imperceptibly controlling his obliging intermediaries to do his work for him," Ms Banks said.
"I would find out from various reliable sources that during the agreed 24 hours before I released my statement, there was intense backgrounding from the Prime Minister's Office and other senior Liberal sources to the media that I was a weak, over-emotional woman who had not coped with the coup week."
...Scomos solution to deflect the heat on his inability to deal with issues confronting women in swamp infested Canberra??...yet another thought bubble - ...a throwaway line that Marise Payne as Prime Minister for women
...what a complete failure Morrison is...absolutely inept...
