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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos

Moira Deeming expelled from Victorian Liberal party room after threat to sue leader John Pesutto

Moira Deeming
Moira Deeming has been expelled from the Victorian Liberal party after a stoush with leader John Pesutto. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

The Victorian Liberal leader, John Pesutto, says he can’t see a way back into the party for controversial MP Moira Deeming, after her colleagues voted to expel her from their party room.

Liberal MPs voted 19 to 11 to expel Deeming during a two-hour party room meeting on Friday morning, meaning she will have to serve the remaining three-and-a-half years of her term on the crossbench of the upper house of the Victorian parliament.

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