Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto has heralded a "turning point" for his embattled party, after it voted to expel controversial MP Moira Deeming from its ranks.
The vote on Friday morning brought to a head weeks of party tensions, which escalated on Thursday when Ms Deeming flagged a defamation lawsuit against Mr Pesutto.
Ms Deeming's colleague and fellow conservative Renee Heath was also sanctioned in the meeting over her taking of minutes in a partyroom meeting. Liberal MPs voted to sack her as partyroom secretary.