John Pesutto
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Liberal Party
‘My biggest fans are gay people and trans people’: New secret recording aired in Deeming case
In audio played to the Federal Court, Opposition Leader John Pesutto is heard opening a meeting by saying: “We’ve got a huge problem.”
- by Rachel Eddie
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Pesutto backs deputy who secretly taped Liberal meeting as ‘insurance’
Opposition Leader John Pesutto says he “absolutely” trusts David Southwick, who told the Federal Court he secretly recorded an internal meeting as an “insurance policy” because he could no longer trust Moira Deeming.
- by Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
‘Many things are taped’ secretly in the Victorian Liberal Party, court hears
A former Liberal MP says he was warned on his first day in parliament that conversations in the party were often “surreptitiously” recorded, as leader John Pesutto moved to reassure Victorians that his position was safe.
- by Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
Spreadsheet ranking Liberals on how they’d vote on Deeming expulsion shown to court
A colour-coded spreadsheet made by John Pesutto’s staff catalogues how every Victorian Liberal MP was expected to vote on a motion to expel Moira Deeming from the party room.
- by Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
Opinion
Letters
Who’s afraid of the working class?
Readers write about the tax and funding advantages the already well-off get, namely, in private school subsidies and negative gearing and CGT tax credits.
Opinion
Letters
AFL grand final is a celebration like no other
A reader writes that the AFL Grand Final provides an opportunity to celebrate “the sensory solidarity that the pure enjoyment of sport”.
John Pesutto’s unwinnable position: Save himself, or save his job
The Liberal leader is battling two realities – a father of three fighting a costly defamation suit versus the senior politician trying to hang on to his job. It’s possible even if he wins, he loses.
- by Annika Smethurst and Rachel Eddie
Opinion
Political leadership
Not even MAFS could deliver the drama of the Deeming and Pesutto trial
Kim was double-crossed by John. John can’t stand Katherine. Louise wanted Moira gone, as did Matthew. And everyone’s angry with David. No, this is not Married at First Sight.
- by Annika Smethurst
Quintessential Queenslander Clive Palmer buys childhood home in Williamstown
Quite what the mining magnate plans to do with his new $4.5 million bungalow is anyone’s guess.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
‘A very unusual situation’: Pesutto shared defamation settlement efforts with Kennett
Opposition Leader John Pesutto also conceded he’d drafted a statement on a possible resignation for Moira Deeming hours before she was brought in to explain her actions to the leadership team.
- by Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
Deeming drops part of her defamation case against Pesutto
Liberal leader John Pesutto was forced to defend a dossier compiled to justify Moira Deeming’s expulsion from the party room – a document likened in court to something “prepared by an eight-year-old”.
- by Rachel Eddie and Annika Smethurst
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