Tuesday 27 September 2022 02:32 AM Liberal Party VP Teena McQueen is charged with driving her BMW convertible ... trends now
Outspoken Liberal Party federal vice president Teena McQueen has been charged with a string of traffic offences while driving her BMW convertible in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
The Sky News contributor, who has appeared on programs hosted by Peta Credlin, Andrew Bolt, Paul Murray and Cory Bernardi, was stopped by highway patrol officers at Paddington about 11.15am on August 11.
Police allege the 61-year-old was behind the wheel of her black BMW 430i while her licence was suspended and made an unlawful U-turn at traffic lights on the intersection of Oxford Street and Jersey Road.
The hard-right conservative, whose address is listed as a $2.65million city apartment near Circular Quay, is further accused of having her number plate obscured.
Controversial Liberal Party federal vice president Teena McQueen has been charged with a string of traffic offences while driving in her convertible BMW in Sydney's eastern suburbs
She was represented by a solicitor but did not appear in person when the charges were mentioned in Downing Centre Local Court last Friday. No pleas were entered and McQueen did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
McQueen, who is one of the Liberal Party's four federal vice presidents, has sparked controversy in recent years with some of her television appearances.
She has often spoken publicly on internal party matters and has been accused of making comments detrimental to women.
In March 2021 it was reported McQueen had said, 'I would kill to be sexually harassed at the moment' during a meeting of senior female New South Wales Liberal officials.
McQueen denied using those exact words but apologised, saying she had merely uttered a 'throwaway line' making fun of herself.
'What I said was, at my age - and it was a joke - every woman ages and I'm no longer sexually harassed, which is a fair comment considering I'm a grandmother,' she told news.com.au.
'I have apologised and I've said I regret the comment - clearly I will no longer make any off the cuff jokes - even though it was a comment about myself, but I will certainly not go there again.'
The Sky contributor was stopped by police at Paddington about 11.15am on August 11. She is pictured with former New
