The Victorian opposition leader says when he attended a rally at the weekend he had no idea there was a controversial slogan about the Premier written on a fire truck there.

Brad Battin told 3AW’s Heidi Murphy, filling in for Jacqui Felgate, he only learnt this morning that the truck was emblazoned with “ditch the b**ch”.

His comments come after acting premier Jaclyn Symes, issued a scathing statement accusing him of “turning a blind eye to sexist slogans”.

Press PLAY below to hear Heidi Murphy grilling Brad Battin on the issue + Jaclyn Symes scathing statement

‘Ditch the b***h’: The new message being sent to Premier Jacinta Allan

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