Australian Christian Lobby targets Liberal MPs who voted against religious discrimination laws

On Tuesday night Zimmerman told Guardian Australia he was disappointed but not surprised the ACL would target him electorally in this way. He said he was certain a majority of his constituents backed his stand.

The fresh fracas over the leaflets comes as the prime minister is continuing to resist calls to dump the controversial Liberal candidate in Warringah, Katherine Deves.

Christian lobby groups have used the election campaign to press both major parties to recommit to the unamended religious discrimination bill.

In February Labor helped pass the religious discrimination bill in the lower house but, along with the five Liberal MPs who crossed the floor, added amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act to protect LGBTQ+ students. To prevent a second boil over from conservatives, Scott Morrison pulled the bill.