Britton has been replaced as the Liberal candidate for the seat of Whitlam by Nathaniel Smith, the chief executive of the Master Plumbers Association of NSW. He was elected as the Liberal MP for the seat of Wollondilly in 2019, serving up until 2023.

Women’s ‘hips being destroyed’ from doing combat jobs, Britton says

Those included the unsubstantiated claim that women needed to be “removed from combat” roles to “fix our defence force”.

Ben Britton made the comments about women in the defence force while appearing on a podcast last year. Source: YouTube / Joel Jammal

“[Women’s] hips are being destroyed because they can’t cope with the carrying of the heavy loads and the heavy impacts that’s required from doing combat-related jobs,” Britton said while appearing on a podcast hosted by right-wing commentator Joel Jammal in July last year.

Britton has also claimed during podcast appearances that Australia’s education system had “brainwashed” and “indoctrinated” young Australians with Marxist ideologies, and said exposure to pornography leads to “transgender desires”.

In January this year, Coalition leader Peter Dutton posted photos of himself alongside Britton on social media.

In the post’s caption, Dutton had described Britton as an “outstanding candidate” who was “working hard in his community” and drawing on his background as a veteran.

In January, Opposition leader Peter Dutton described Benjamin Britton as an “outstanding candidate”. Source: Instagram / @peterduttonmp

Britton was running for retiring Stephen Jones’ seat