Victoria’s new Liberal leader: the five things to know about John Pesutto

Victorian Liberal party leader John Pesutto has been described as a moderate, although critics have raised his role in party’s the 2018 law and order campaign. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

John Pesutto will lead the Victorian Liberals after defeating Brad Battin in a party room ballot, having been described as a moderate within a party that has drifted to the right in recent years.

In his pitch for the leadership, Pesutto argued the Liberals needed to return to the centre and develop policies that will have broad appeal among all Victorians – regardless of what seat they live in.