John Pesutto
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- 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
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Battin wants Pesutto to keep seat amid bankruptcy threat from Deeming’s costs
Liberal elders are running out of options on how to spare former party leader John Pesutto from bankruptcy, which would force his exit from parliament and a byelection.
- Rachel Eddie
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- Liberal Party
Deeming’s costs could bankrupt Pesutto. This donor doesn’t care
Bankruptcy disqualifies anybody from being a member of parliament. Under this scenario, a live possibility, Pesutto would be forced out and a byelection called for his marginal seat of Hawthorn.
- Rachel Eddie
Battin unveils new frontbench, with Deeming allies rewarded
Opposition Leader Brad Battin has defended John Pesutto’s shift to the backbench, insisting it was the former leader’s decision.
- Broede Carmody
Battin expected to bridge factional divide in new-look frontbench
The newly minted opposition leader is likely to unveil a reshuffled shadow cabinet on Tuesday.
- Broede Carmody
- Opinion
- Letters
Waiting years for basic services in new suburbs is just not on
Readers discuss western suburbs with missing infrastructure, changes to the Metro Tunnel project and disengaged school children and their teachers.
- Opinion
- Letters
I can’t vote Labor or Liberal, so what are my options?
Readers discuss the change in leadership in the Victorian opposition and the popularity or otherwise of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.
- Opinion
- Letters
Where is Bob Menzies when we need him?
Readers discuss the Victorian opposition leadership spill and the ousting of John Pesutto.
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- Liberal Party
Brad Battin, having rolled Pesutto, promises unity and makes election pitch
The 49-year-old former police officer, flanked by his new all-male leadership team, has vowed to bring the party together and said he would toughen bail laws and slash taxes.
- Carla Jaeger and Broede Carmody
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- Victorian Parliament
A fleeting moment of calm before an unreturned phone call reignited Liberal loathing
Brad Battin and Jess Wilson could have led a next-generation Liberal Party, but neither wanted to play second fiddle, leaving the party riven by the same hatreds that consumed John Pesutto.
- Chip Le Grand
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