Brad Battin
Brad Battin toppled John Pesutto as leader – then voted to save him with bailout
The former state Liberal leader’s bailout was backed by the opposition, with the party’s decision prompting Moira Deeming to liken her treatment to institutional abuse.
- Kieran Rooney and Chip Le Grand
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Liberal Party bails out John Pesutto, agreeing to $1.5m loan
The party’s governing board has agreed to lend John Pesutto $1.55 million to settle his legal bill with colleague Moira Deeming.
- Chip Le Grand and Kieran Rooney
- Opinion
- Liberal Party
This developer wants to keep Pesutto on a leash. What’s worse, Liberals are entertaining the idea
Property developer Hilton Grugeon has offered the former Victorian Liberal leader a $1 million lifeline that would save his political career, for now. But there are astonishing strings attached.
- Chip Le Grand
- Opinion
- Editorial
Time to pay the Deeming debt and focus on the job of opposition
If the Liberal Party wants to move towards the voters it seeks to represent it may need to open its wallet.
- The Age's View
‘The entire party is imploding’: Groth, Pesutto, Deeming turning Liberal headache into a migraine
Opposition Leader Brad Battin was putting out spot fires on Friday as his deputy defended a chauffeured ride home, and a deadline was missed in the saga threatening to bankrupt a former leader.
- Rachel Eddie
Tax relief and home ownership at heart of opposition budget pitch, but savings lacking
Jacinta Allan “wants to be the premier who got millennials into homes”, but shadow treasurer James Newbury says taxes are killing the Australian dream.
- Chip Le Grand and Kieran Rooney
- Updated
- Defamation
John Pesutto facing bankruptcy after order to pay $2.3 million in Moira Deeming’s legal fees
The former Victorian opposition leader says he is determined to stay in parliament and hopes to fundraise enough money to avoid bankruptcy, which would force him to leave parliament.
- Rachel Eddie
- Updated
- Volunteering
CFA volunteers walk off job to protest new fire tax
Dozens of brigades went offline on Thursday night to protest the new tax that passed through parliament early on Friday.
- Alexander Darling, Kieran Rooney and Cassandra Morgan
- Exclusive
- Australia votes
Party faux pas leaves Libs in strife, and Rinehart not amused
The episode prompted Gina Rinehart to again distance herself from the Liberal Party’s beleaguered state branch.
- Rachel Eddie
- Updated
- Liberal Party
Moira Deeming promoted, stoking tensions over Pesutto’s fate
Opposition Leader Brad Battin has named Deeming his “representative to the western suburbs”, after her defamation victory against the party’s former leader threatens to push him to the brink of bankruptcy.
- Rachel Eddie
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