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Rachael Ward

Ex-premier slams MP's debt bid to ensure pre-selection

A member of the public has referred Liberal MP Moira Deeming to an anti-corruption body. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

A former Liberal premier has criticised an MP over a proposed deal that would have put a whopping legal bill put on ice as part of a push to help her political career.

Former Victorian opposition leader John Pesutto owes Liberal MP Moira Deeming $2.3 million in legal costs after the Federal Court found he defamed her by implying she was associated with neo-Nazis who gatecrashed a Melbourne rally she attended in 2023.

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