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Ex-Liberal MP may return from UK for Vic leader's trial

Matt Bach abruptly left politics at the end of 2023 to return to his career in education. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

An ex-Victorian Liberal MP who is now working in the UK may be summoned back to Australia to give evidence at a defamation trial brought against the state's opposition leader.

MP Moira Deeming launched Federal Court action against John Pesutto in 2023, over allegations he publicly accused her of being a Nazi sympathiser and used the claim to bully and threaten her with expulsion.

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