John Pesutto
Battin unveils new frontbench, with Deeming allies rewarded
Opposition Leader Brad Battin has defended John Pesutto’s shift to the backbench, insisting it was the former leader’s decision.
- by Broede Carmody
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Battin expected to bridge factional divide in new-look frontbench
The newly minted opposition leader is likely to unveil a reshuffled shadow cabinet on Tuesday.
- by Broede Carmody
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Liberal Party
Brad Battin, having rolled Pesutto, promises unity and makes election pitch
The 49-year-old former police officer, flanked by his new all-male leadership team, has vowed to bring the party together and said he would toughen bail laws and slash taxes.
- by Carla Jaeger and Broede Carmody
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Victorian Parliament
A fleeting moment of calm before an unreturned phone call reignited Liberal loathing
Brad Battin and Jess Wilson could have led a next-generation Liberal Party, but neither wanted to play second fiddle, leaving the party riven by the same hatreds that consumed John Pesutto.
- by Chip Le Grand
‘Gutless’: War of words breaks out over remote voting in Liberal showdown
John Pesutto’s decision to allow remote voting in Friday’s leadership spill has put him – and his opponents – in the line of fire.
- by Carla Jaeger, Broede Carmody and Kieran Rooney
Pesutto is Libs’ most popular recent leader. It’s not likely that will save him
It now appears inevitable that John Pesutto will lose his position. Liberals are already speaking of his time in office in the past tense.
- by Broede Carmody, Rachel Eddie and Kieran Rooney
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Victorian Parliament
John Pesutto to face leadership spill on Friday
The party room meeting to decide Pesutto’s fate comes after his last-ditch effort on Sunday to save his job by agreeing to readmit exiled MP and defamation foe Moira Deeming.
- by Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
Pesutto says he’s staying as rebels squabble over a replacement
Many in the Victorian Liberal Party want John Pesutto to go. If only they could decide who they want to replace him.
- by Kieran Rooney, Chip Le Grand and Rachel Eddie
Under-pressure Liberal leader John Pesutto vows to stay on
The opposition leader says Victorians know him “as a fighter” and that he would be willing to apologise to Moira Deeming in person.
- by Kieran Rooney
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Liberal Party
Pesutto’s leadership hanging by a thread after deadlocked Deeming vote
John Pesutto has been given 24 hours to stand down or face a leadership challenge after the narrow vote on allowing Moira Deeming back into the party room cost him support from key backers.
- by Rachel Eddie, Kieran Rooney and Chip Le Grand
Opinion
Political leadership
Disunity is not death in the Liberal party. It is a lifestyle choice
The idea of exiled MP Moira Deeming returning to the Liberal party room after spending 18 months waging lawfare against its leader John Pesutto is, even by their standards, completely bonkers.
- by Chip Le Grand
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