Moira Deeming
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
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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
Howard, Abbott mooted as Deeming peacemakers in abandoned deal
Previously undisclosed details of John Pesutto’s settlement plan will be weighed by Liberal MPs as they prepare for Friday’s vote on Moira Deeming’s return.
- by Chip Le Grand
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Defamation
‘Not about John’: Liberal party room meeting to focus on Deeming, rebel MP says
Liberal MP Bill Tilley says Moira Deeming’s status in the party and John Pesutto’s leadership are separate matters – but another MP says “anything can happen”.
- by Chip Le Grand and Kieran Rooney
Pesutto leadership on the line as he faces special party room meeting
A special party room meeting on Friday represents a major challenge to John Pesutto’s leadership as he seeks to move on from the damaging defamation trial with Moira Deeming.
- by Kieran Rooney
Pesutto clings to party leadership after defamation drubbing
Revelations John Pesutto’s court fight with Moira Deeming could have been settled for just $99,000 have left angry Liberal MPs discussing options to move against him.
- by Rachel Eddie, Chip Le Grand and Kieran Rooney
As it happened: Ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming wins high-profile defamation case; Opposition Leader John Pesutto declares he will not resign
John Pesutto was a man driven by political fear, a high-stakes defamation judgment found today. He now faces a legal bill up to $2m but has vowed to stay on in his job. Meanwhile, Moira Deeming says she feels vindicated.
- by Rachel Eddie, Cassandra Morgan and Lachlan Abbott
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