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The Victorian Liberal Party’s internal rivalry and factional alliances highlight its lack of focus on a strategic vision to advance the state.
As observed in Gus McCubbing’s nuanced article (“As Victorian Labor loses ground, Libs get knives out for leader”), the Moira Deeming defamation case embroiling current leader John Pesutto does not register with voters, according to Redbridge’s Tony Barry, and is unlikely to have any effect on voter preferences at the next election. Yet it has solicited over-zealous responses by certain MPs jockeying for personal power and building momentum to oust Mr Pesutto.
