Chip Le Grand
Chip Le Grand leads our state politics reporting team. He previously served as the paper’s chief reporter and is a journalist of 30 years’ experience.
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
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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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Victorian budget
Jaclyn Symes to be Victoria’s first female treasurer
State Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes is to be sworn in as treasurer on Thursday as she takes on one of the most difficult challenges in politics.
- by Chip Le Grand, Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
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
Pallas’ departure leaves Allan with mounting headaches
Treasurer Tim Pallas’ resignation means Premier Jacinta Allan must find a new economic manager to tackle the biggest debt pile in Victoria’s history.
- by Kieran Rooney, Chip Le Grand and Carla Jaeger
Pallas had a front-row seat, but he wasn’t driving the bus
The outgoing treasurer delivered his valedictory speech a few days ago. We just didn’t know it at the time.
- by Chip Le Grand and Kieran Rooney
Analysis
Political leadership
Pallas needed a bigger bucket to douse Victoria’s spending
The state needed more than a facilitator; it also needed someone to champion the increasingly quaint idea of fiscal restraint.
- by Chip Le Grand
The treasurer says Victoria’s economy is improving. Economists say otherwise.
Who doubts Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas’ fiscal repair strategy? It’s the economists, stupid.
- by Chip Le Grand
Analysis
Victorian Parliament
No bigger play behind Groth’s massive serve
Instead of working the phones and doing the numbers for a leadership spill, Sam Groth is spending his Saturday hosting mates at a pre-Christmas barbecue.
- by Chip Le Grand
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