Woman thrown out of 'pub test' after former PM Abbott says immigration is ...

A young woman was kicked out of an election forum after former prime minister Tony Abbott blamed the rising cost of living and low wages on immigration.

More than a hundred residents of Sydney's affluent northern beaches packed into Harbord Beach Hotel in Freshwater during Sky News' pub test on Thursday night.

Local voters were given the opportunity to question Warringah candidates including Mr Abbot, Greens member Kristyn Glanville and United Australia Party's Suellen Wrightson. 

The final question of the evening drew a mixed response from the audience as a young man asked about housing affordability and the rising cost of living on the northern beaches. 

Local voters were given the opportunity to question Warringah candidates including Tony Abbot (left), Greens member Kristyn Glanville (right) and United Australia Party's Suellen Wrightson (middle)

Local voters were given the opportunity to question Warringah candidates including Tony Abbot (left), Greens member Kristyn Glanville (right) and United Australia Party's Suellen Wrightson (middle)

A young woman was kicked out of an election forum after former prime minister Tony Abbott blamed the rising cost of living and low wages on immigration

A young woman was kicked out of an election forum after former prime minister Tony Abbott blamed the rising cost of living and low wages on immigration

'In the end the best thing a government can do is provide an economy that's strong … a strong economy maximises job opportunities,' Mr Abbott answered.

'You know what's depressing wages at the moment? You know what's sending house prices and rent up? It's immigration.'

The former prime minister was met with a mix of jeers and groans when Katherine Quirk yelling from the crowd: 'Oh f**k off! You're a migrant, Tony!'

Mr Abbott was born in London, England, and came to Australia in 1960 when he was just two years old, sailing into Australia on the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme ship SS Oronsay before the family settled in Sydney's north. 

The young woman, studying a Masters of International Relations majoring in environmental politics, was quickly told to be quiet by security before she was ushered out of the venue.

Ms Quirk was in line to ask the panel a question as she had an interest in Mr Abbott's stance on the Paris Climate Agreement, the beaches tunnel and the commitment to electric cars.

'Since the federal election was just called today and is being dubbed ''the climate election'' and we have school students in the electorate who are not even eligible to vote striking, I was really interested in local policy aligning with all these matters,' she told Daily Mail Australia.

Despite desperately wanting to ask a question, Ms Quirk was told she wasn't registered and therefore wasn't allowed before she was eventually cleared to go before the panel and joined the line.

The former prime minister was met with a mix of jeers and groans when Katherine Quirk (pictured) yelling from the crowd: 'Oh f**k off! You're a migrant, Tony!'

The former prime minister was met with a mix of jeers and groans when Katherine Quirk (pictured) yelling from the crowd: 'Oh f**k off! You're a migrant, Tony!'

Ms Quirk was in line to ask the panel a question as she had an interest in Mr Abbott's stance on the Paris Climate Agreement, the beaches tunnel and the commitment to electric cars

Ms Quirk was in line to ask the panel a question as she had an interest in Mr Abbott's stance on the Paris Climate Agreement, the beaches tunnel and the commitment to electric cars

'I could see people looking at me and speaking quietly amongst themselves, and heard [Sky host] Paul Murray announce with the questioner before me, that it would be the final question for the night. I was the only questioner remaining,' she said.

When the broadcast finished, Ms Quirk said she was 'shoved over' to the door and was moved to the exit where she was told to leave the venue.

'I was forceably removed by security and told by the licensee that the only reason to kick me out was that he ''worked for the establishment'',' she said.

'As a young woman who is both passionate and well educated in politics I have never been so disheartened or disgusted in our political system in my life.

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