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Victorian Liberal MPs expel Moira Deeming from their ranks after bitter stoush with leader — as it happened

Victorian Liberal MPs say they plan to move forward united, after voting to expel first-term upper house MP Moira Deeming from their ranks, a day after she flagged a possible defamation lawsuit against party leader John Pesutto. Follow live.

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Moira Deeming and the Liberals: why the Victorian MP has caused such a stir in a short period of time

The upper house member was suspended from the party for nine months but now faces a vote on whether she will be expelled

The Guardian - AU

Moira Deeming serves Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto with defamation concerns notice

MPs expected to proceed with a vote to determine if Deeming is expelled from the party on Friday

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Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto sent defamation notice by exiled MP Moira Deeming

Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto says exiled MP Moira Deeming has sent him a letter flagging legal action, a day before her colleagues are due to vote on whether she should be permanently expelled from the parliamentary party.

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Afternoon Update: Senate stoush over Labor’s housing bill; Lehrmann inquiry twist; and Google launches AI chatbot in Australia

War of words between Labor and Greens over housing affordability future fund bill devolves into personal attacks

The Guardian - AU

Moira Deeming supporter Richard Riordan urges delay of Victorian Liberal’s expulsion vote

The Polwarth MP claimed Friday’s meeting could risk a ‘messy legal dispute’ due to an ‘invalid’ motion

The Guardian - AU

Victorian Liberals make Moira Deeming’s expulsion their top priority

Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto has backed a second bid to expel an exiled MP from the party despite her backing down from legal action.

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Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto confirms he will back Moira Deeming expulsion motion

Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto confirms he will support a second motion to expel controversial MP Moira Deeming from the parliamentary Liberal Party.

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Moira Deeming facing new expulsion push as she denies threatening to sue Liberal party

Five MPs have given John Pesutto a notice of motion seeking her expulsion, which will go to the party room on Friday

The Guardian - AU

Exiled MP Moira Deeming to face expulsion vote next Friday

Victorian Liberal MPs will vote on whether to expel controversial Victorian MP Moira Deeming after she denied plans to sue the party over her suspension.

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Victoria’s rogue Liberal MP Moira Deeming flips, flops and drops legal threat

Exiled Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming will not pursue legal action over her temporary suspension from the parliamentary party.

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Victorian Liberals' bitter infighting seems more and more likely to end up in court. Can Dutton stop it?

The crisis consuming the Victorian branch of the Liberal Party sounds a warning to centre-right parties that pursuing the culture wars now gripping the United States and other countries brings dangerous volatility. And little public support.

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Moira Deeming faces new challenge as Victorian Liberals push for vote to expel her from party

Peter Dutton tells state colleagues ‘I want this mess sorted out’ after MP threatened to sue

The Guardian - AU

Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto threatens Moira Deeming with expulsion, Dutton flags federal intervention

Exiled Liberal MP Moira Deeming could be expelled from the party next week after threatening to take legal action to reverse her partyroom suspension.

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Dutton weighs intervention for troubled Victorian Libs

The federal Liberal leader has not ruled out intervention after Victorian exiled MP Moira Deeming announced plans for legal action against the party.

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Moira Deeming dispute threatens to widen Liberals’ split

Moira Deeming is threatening legal action against progressive leader John Pesutto because she alleges he reneged on a promise.

The Guardian - AU

Victorian Liberals plunge into chaos as John Pesutto faces second coming of Moira Deeming

Internal warfare has spiralled into threats of legal action and accusations of ‘terrorists’ holding the state opposition party ‘hostage’

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Victorian Liberal row escalates; Indigenous leaders demand royal apology; and NAB profit surges

Suspended Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming threatens her party leader John Pesutto with legal action

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Exiled MP Moira Deeming tells Opposition Leader John Pesutto she is taking legal action over her suspension

Senior Victorian Liberals have already begun discussing if MP Moira Deeming should be expelled from the party room over her threats to sue Opposition Leader John Pesutto.

The Guardian - AU

Moira Deeming tells Victorian Liberal MPs she will challenge her suspension from the party

Upper house MP threatened legal action if John Pesutto didn’t declare she’s not a Nazi sympathiser

The Conversation

While the Voice has a large poll lead now, history of past referendums indicates it may struggle

Support for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament has dropped since the first polls that asked about it in late 2022. Analyst Kevin Bonham has plotted all the poll results, and the average Voice support is down from 65% in August 2022 to 57% now.

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Suspended Liberal MP to return, vows to 'defend women'

Victorian MP Moira Deeming has no plans to leave the Liberal party after she was suspended by the leader following her attendance at an anti-trans rights rally.

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Non-Binary Icon Deni Todorovič Eviscerated The Lib MP Who Went To That Anti-Trans Rally On Q+A

"If she believes in children's rights... doll you should have been there hurling abuse at Posie rather than letting the police pepper spray trans kids."

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Victorian Liberals under fire on Q+A over Moira Deeming as activist Deni Todorovič calls for acceptance

As activist Deni Todorovič calls on Australia for acceptance of the trans community they also say Victorian MP Moira Deeming should have been dismissed, brooking a defence of her from the branch president.

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Peter Dutton urged to differentiate Liberal party after Aston loss prompts identity crisis

Opposition leader blames state division for result, while Victorian MPs say lack of distinct policy direction hindered candidate

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