John Pesutto
Battin tight-lipped as Liberal Party meets to decide Pesutto’s fate
Former state party leader John Pesutto will attend the meeting to personally plead his case for a $1.5 million loan to cover his remaining court-ordered costs.
- Chip Le Grand and Kieran Rooney
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Former Victorian opposition leader John Pesutto served bankruptcy notice
The development follows Pesutto missing a deadline to pay $2.3 million in legal costs he owes colleague Moira Deeming.
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Time to pay the Deeming debt and focus on the job of opposition
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‘Money can be replaced’: Kennett urges Liberal Party to pay up and save John Pesutto
In a last-minute intervention, former premier Jeff Kennett has written to the Victorian Liberal Party leadership, urging them to intervene and cover Pesutto’s $2.3 million legal bill.
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