Antic has Balls, Ruston has woke

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Liberal fury at the antics of Alex, the anti-woke senator

ByJames Massola

March 18, 2024 — 7.45pm

Within 24 hours of rolling his senior South Australian colleague, Anne Ruston, for the top spot on the state Senate ticket, conservative firebrand Alex Antic was on the attack, doing what he does best: generating headlines and provoking offence.

This time, he dismissed moderates’ fears that the demotion of a senior woman could spark a voter backlash, saying “the ‘gender card’ is nothing but a grievance narrative, constructed by the activist media and a disgruntled political class”.

Alex Antic is known for controversial positions, including his opposition to vaccine mandates.CREDIT:PHOTO: JAMES BRICKWOOD ARTWORK: JAMIE BROWN

“We need the best person for the job regardless of race, gender or sexuality,” he toldThe Australian.

Antic, a 49-year-old arts-law graduate and outspoken backbencher who has been quietly building his numbers in the SA Liberal Party branches for years, is known for his controversial political positions, such as his opposition tovaccine mandatesandgender reassignment surgery for teenagers.

He has alsoaccused the ABC of grooming childrenby allowing a drag queen to appear onPlay School,warned that woke ideology will destroy the Western world and was due to MC a speaking tour of Australia by Donald Trump jnr, which wascancelled at the last minute.