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Sexual abuse, drugs, guns, emails: Family implodes in court battle
A Sydney businessman is dragging his siblings through legal proceedings over a barrage of explosive messages.
- by Perry Duffin
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Pesutto did not hatch ‘conspiracy’ to get rid of Deeming, court hears
The Opposition Leader’s barrister has told the Federal Court that ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming’s team was making allegations of “extraordinary seriousness”.
- by Rachel Eddie
Pesutto defamed Deeming for his own political interest, not the public’s, court told
The Federal Court has heard the first of the closing submissions in the high-stakes case brought by ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming against Opposition Leader John Pesutto.
- by Rachel Eddie
Judge ‘did not authorise’ Lehrmann judgment book
The announcement of a book reproducing Justice Michael Lee’s decision in the high-profile defamation case has provoked a stern response from the Federal Court.
- by Michaela Whitbourn and Josefine Ganko
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Liberal Party
Pesutto wins battle against rebel MPs – for now
The opposition leader stared down his rivals in the Liberal party room, but still faces renewed bouts of instability while a defamation trial against him rolls on.
- by Broede Carmody, Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
Magazine
Good Weekend
The October 12 Edition
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Avenging angel or lethal opportunist: Celebrity lawyer Sue Chrysanthou
She’s the barrister du jour in the defamation capital of the world. Then came the day she found herself in the witness box ...
- by Jane Cadzow
Opinion
Liberal Party
Without dumping its cult of has-been leaders, Victoria’s Liberals don’t stand a chance
After barely four years in government this century, something needs to change within the Victorian Liberal Party, starting with the way its leadership is decided.
- by Tim Smith
Deeming v Pesutto: Here’s what we now know about key state Liberals
There were covert recordings, private emails, text messages and colour-coded spreadsheets, but we learned plenty more in court about the key figures in the defamation case that ousted Liberal Moira Deeming brought against Opposition Leader John Pesutto.
- by Rachel Eddie
Three weeks of Deeming-Pesutto defamation drama wraps up with frankness and eggs
Witnesses finished giving evidence on Friday, but the hearings didn’t end without drama.
- by Rachel Eddie
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Liberal Party
‘My biggest fans are gay people and trans people’: New secret recording aired in Deeming case
In audio played to the Federal Court, Opposition Leader John Pesutto is heard opening a meeting by saying: “We’ve got a huge problem.”
- by Rachel Eddie
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