‘Grab the popcorn’: Vic Liberal civil war goes prime time
In one sense, ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming’s defamation action against leader John Pesutto is about free speech. But is also a battle over the future of the party in Victoria and threatens to engulf Peter Dutton’s federal opposition.
John Pesutto will be the focus of a 3-week defamation trial which starts Monday. Simon Schluter
Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto is not on trial next week per se, but he may as well be.
A three-week defamation trial against the state Opposition leader kicks off on Monday which will hear from both Pesutto supporters and critics, and Pesutto himself.
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