Moira Deeming
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- Liberal Party
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 Moria Deeming.
- Chip Le Grand and Kieran Rooney
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- 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
- Exclusive
- Victorian Parliament
Pesutto offered $1 million by Deeming backer to swear off leadership
The offer, if accepted by John Pesutto, would have given property developer Hilton Grugeon a financial mortgage over the Victorian Liberal Party leadership.
- Chip Le Grand
Deeming’s bid for guaranteed preselection draws Kennett’s scorn
The Liberal MP has made controversial demands of the man who defamed her, to the chagrin of former premier Jeff Kennett.
- Alexander Darling
- Opinion
- Liberal Party
Pesutto stakes retirement savings in last-ditch effort to save his political career
The Victorian Liberals’ rescue plan for John Pesutto will complete his descent from party leader to indentured servant.
- Chip Le Grand
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.
- Alexander Darling and Broede Carmody
- 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
‘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.
- Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
‘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
- Opinion
- Liberal Party
Liberals brace for impact as Cyclone Moira makes landfall
Deeming’s ultimate mission is not to return the Victorian Liberal Party, in its current form, to government. It is to remake it in her ideological image.
- Chip Le Grand
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/moira-deeming-6fxv