As guests gathered for Victoria’s annual multicultural gala, John Pesutto sat in the green room of the convention centre, his phone buzzing incessantly with text messages as he waited for the premier, Daniel Andrews, to arrive.
Earlier that day – 18 March 2023 – a newly elected Liberal MP, Moira Deeming, had attended a Let Women Speak rally that was gatecrashed by neo-Nazis, who performed a Sieg Heil salute on the steps of parliament.
