An Australian politician and convicted rapist has resigned from parliament moments before he was to be kicked out, after losing a legal challenge to remain.

Gareth Ward, 44, was last month found guilty of sexually assaulting two young men, aged 18 and 24, between 2013 and 2015, and is now in custody pending sentencing.

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    That guy’s 44 going on 67. Wtf? Did he exchange his youth for a position in politics? I’m very happy to see this fucker was kicked out. What an unmitigated shithead

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        No, this guy did it twice and was convicted.

        Your countrymen like people who do it repeatedly for half a century and get away with it.

        Also, it was guy on guy and your country is homophobic af.

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          It’s wild that even in new fascism, Milo, Caitlyn, and other fasc-happy LGBTQIAs aren’t welcome.

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      Permit me to repeat what I said the last time this reprobate’s picture was posted:

      Which ventriloquist did this nightmare escape from?

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    I know people hate it when us people want to usafy things but the presidency travels the world so it gets really confusing when you use his title when talking about other people.

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    This headline is a really roundabout way to say “kicked out”. He was kicked out of parliament.

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    That dude looks like a pervert. His face is why you should tell your kids to stay away from. Probably has a windowless van.

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      10 hours ago

      There’s plenty of creepers who are hot. And vice versa. I encourage folks to avoid judging others by features they were born with.