Pesutto leadership on knife edge
John Pesutto’s future as Victorian Liberal leader is increasingly grim after his partyroom split down the middle over ousted Victorian independent MP Moira Deeming.
John Ferguson
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Party leader fast running out of options … and time
John Pesutto’s leadership is in freefall. He can hang on but with each crisis this looks increasingly unlikely.
Deeming vows ‘only a matter of time’ before she returns to Lib party room
Exiled Liberal MP Moira Deeming has accused Lib leader John Pesutto of having a ‘significant personal conflict of interest’ after he used his casting vote to prevent her readmission to the party.
Party room showdown: Pesutto’s legal bill pain, Moira to come
Embattled Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto faces a crippling multimillion-dollar legal bill heading into Friday’s critical party room meeting to decide whether ousted MP Moira Deeming will be invited back into the fold.
Libs divided on stumping up for Pesutto bill
The Victorian Liberals are fighting over who should fund state leader John Pesutto’s huge defamation payout to Moira Deeming.
Liberal MP briefed on unity after ‘unhelpful’ PR push
The Victorian Liberal Party counselled former frontbencher Sam Groth over unity after stories were published, including on his meeting with John Howard.
Pesutto on notice as MPs called to debate Deeming
Embattled Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto faces a special party room meeting to debate his handling and the future of ousted MP Moira Deeming, with a spill before Christmas ‘not ruled out’.
High debt, big spending, stiff taxes
Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas will quit politics after 10 years running the budget, leaving a legacy of record high debt, soaring taxes and business anger.
‘Enormous debt, highest taxes’: Pesutto’s blast for outgoing Treasurer
After Victoria’s longest serving Treasurer Tim Pallas announced he was quitting politics, Opposition Leader John Pesutto said his legacy would be one of ‘enormous debt that Victorians in the present … and future generations will be saddled with’.
Pesutto frontbencher quits, turning up leadership heat
Victorian Liberal frontbencher Sam Groth has stunned his colleagues by quitting the frontbench, declaring that he could not ethically remain given the nature of John Pesutto’s defamation defeat.
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