Brad Battin
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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.
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‘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
Tax relief and home ownership at heart of opposition budget pitch, but savings lacking
Jacinta Allan “wants to be the premier who got millennials into homes”, but shadow treasurer James Newbury says taxes are killing the Australian dream.
- Chip Le Grand and Kieran Rooney
‘Rephrase that please’: Jacinta Allan steams over manure protest question
The premier was having none of it when a reporter got a little too fresh while asking about a parliamentary poo protest.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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- Defamation
John Pesutto facing bankruptcy after order to pay $2.3 million in Moira Deeming’s legal fees
The former Victorian opposition leader says he is determined to stay in parliament and hopes to fundraise enough money to avoid bankruptcy, which would force him to leave parliament.
- Rachel Eddie
- Updated
- Volunteering
CFA volunteers walk off job to protest new fire tax
Dozens of brigades went offline on Thursday night to protest the new tax that passed through parliament early on Friday.
- Alexander Darling, Kieran Rooney and Cassandra Morgan
- Exclusive
- Australia votes
Party faux pas leaves Libs in strife, and Rinehart not amused
The episode prompted Gina Rinehart to again distance herself from the Liberal Party’s beleaguered state branch.
- Rachel Eddie
- Updated
- Liberal Party
Moira Deeming promoted, stoking tensions over Pesutto’s fate
Opposition Leader Brad Battin has named Deeming his “representative to the western suburbs”, after her defamation victory against the party’s former leader threatens to push him to the brink of bankruptcy.
- Rachel Eddie
Harry Dutton’s big win a sobering lesson for Victorian Liberals who think they might do a Bradbury
There is little evidence that a party which has malingered in opposition for all but four years this century is ready to start making a compelling case for change.
- Chip Le Grand
- Exclusive
- Australia votes
Jacinta Allan’s sinking popularity inflicts brand damage on Albanese’s election hopes
An exclusive survey shows support for the Victorian Labor Party has collapsed to crisis levels – and it will have a huge influence on the federal political contest.
- Chip Le Grand and Paul Sakkal
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