Courts
‘I’m broken’: Nicola Gobbo tells court how Lawyer X reveal changed her life
A gangland-hit scare, police threats to remove her children and a goat being shot while living on a mice-infested farm are among Nicola Gobbo’s recollections of her time in hiding.
- by Emily Woods
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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
A wink and a nudge: How Nicola Gobbo learnt gangland figures would be murdered
It is only the third time the criminal barrister-turned-police informer has spoken publicly since being exposed as a supergrass in 2019.
- by Chris Vedelago
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Liberal Party
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
Police seek protection against criminal charges in Nicola Gobbo lawsuit
An unusual legal move could protect any officer testifying from self-incrimination and being prosecuted.
- by Chris Vedelago and Angus Delaney
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
CFMEU official booted from worksites after Fair Work Commission ruling
A senior CFMEU official captured on camera allegedly making threats to kill an owner of a labour hire company won’t be allowed on worksites after a Fair Work Commission judgment.
- by Erin Pearson
Justice for Oscar: Teens mourning slain friend plead for end to knife violence
A family representative urged Oscar Hamilton’s friends to stay safe as they gathered to remember the teen who was stabbed to death at a Melton West shopping centre.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
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
Smirk led to Revolver victim being stabbed a dozen times, court hears
A man was stabbed and slashed while on his hands and knees at the popular nightclub suffering a punctured lung and broken hand.
- by Erin Pearson
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