Moira Deeming
Former Victorian opposition leader John Pesutto served bankruptcy notice
The development follows Pesutto missing a deadline to pay $2.3 million in legal costs he owes colleague Moira Deeming.
- Alexander Darling and Broede Carmody
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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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‘Money can be replaced’: Kennett urges Liberal Party to pay up and save John Pesutto
In a last-minute intervention, former premier Jeff Kennett has written to the Victorian Liberal Party leadership, urging them to intervene and cover Pesutto’s $2.3 million legal bill.
- Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
‘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
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Deeming’s ultimate mission is not to return the Victorian Liberal Party, in its current form, to government. It is to remake it in her ideological image.
- Chip Le Grand
Deeming chases colleagues, ex-Liberal premiers for Pesutto costs
Moira Deeming’s lawyers say donors who supported John Pesutto in his legal defence may be liable to pay his $2.3 million costs.
- Rachel Eddie
‘No sugar-coating it’: John Pesutto on his fight to avoid bankruptcy
Former opposition leader John Pesutto needs to find about $3 million if he’s to stave off bankruptcy and stay in parliament. He’s up for the fight.
- Rachel Eddie
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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
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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
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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