Victoria’s opposition leader, John Pesutto, revealed the names of some Liberal MPs who had provided evidence in the defamation case brought against him to Jeff Kennett , with the former Liberal premier subsequently declaring they would be “dealt with”, the federal court has heard.
The revelation came as Pesutto faced a second day of cross-examination in a defamation case brought by ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming, who is suing the state Liberal leader for allegedly falsely portraying her as a Nazi sympathiser after she spoke at a 2023 “Let Women Speak” rally in Melbourne, which was gatecrashed by neo-Nazis. Pesutto has rejected the allegation.
