Peta Credlin texted warning about Moira Deeming expulsion to Victorian Liberal leader’s staffer, court hears

Moira Deeming arriving at the federal court, which heard Peta Credlin warned against the MP’s expulsion from the Liberal party room in a text message to Victorian leader John Pesutto’s chief of staff. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Sky News host Peta Credlin warned against expelling Moira Deeming from the Victorian Liberal party room in a text message to John Pesutto’s chief of staff, whose office she was then helping to set up, a court has heard.

Deeming, now an independent MP after her expulsion, is suing the Victorian opposition leader for allegedly falsely portraying her as a Nazi sympathiser after she spoke at the Let Women Speak rally held on 18 March 2023, which was gatecrashed by neo-Nazis. Pesutto has rejected the allegation.