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Afternoon Update: Victorian Liberal row escalates; Indigenous leaders demand royal apology; and NAB profit surges

Suspended Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming threatens her party leader John Pesutto with legal action

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Exiled MP Moira Deeming tells Opposition Leader John Pesutto she is taking legal action over her suspension

Senior Victorian Liberals have already begun discussing if MP Moira Deeming should be expelled from the party room over her threats to sue Opposition Leader John Pesutto.

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Moira Deeming tells Victorian Liberal MPs she will challenge her suspension from the party

Upper house MP threatened legal action if John Pesutto didn’t declare she’s not a Nazi sympathiser

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‘Terrorists’: Liberal MPs defend leader over bullying claim

Allies have swung to the defence of Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto after colleagues anonymously accused him and the party leadership of bullying.

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Matthew Guy says some ‘dangerously politically stupid’ Sky News hosts are damaging the Liberal party

Former Victorian Liberal leader also criticises his party’s state president in his first interview since November

The Guardian - AU

Victorian Liberal MPs to have free vote in Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum

Victorian Liberal MPs will be free to cast a conscience vote in the Voice referendum, putting the state party at odds with its federal counterpart.

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While the Voice has a large poll lead now, history of past referendums indicates it may struggle

Support for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament has dropped since the first polls that asked about it in late 2022. Analyst Kevin Bonham has plotted all the poll results, and the average Voice support is down from 65% in August 2022 to 57% now.

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Victorian Liberals unlikely to bind state MPs to a policy on Indigenous voice, insiders say

Shadow cabinet meets Monday to discuss whether to bind Coalition MPs to a possible future policy position

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Victorian govt to bail out 560 Porter Davis customers

The Victorian government will stump up $15 million to pay back 560 Porter Davis customers who paid a deposit, but never had insurance filed by the company.

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Suspended Liberal MP to return, vows to 'defend women'

Victorian MP Moira Deeming has no plans to leave the Liberal party after she was suspended by the leader following her attendance at an anti-trans rights rally.

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Fears for the future of the Liberal Party as factional infighting blamed for resounding Aston by-election defeat

Political experts say the Liberal Party's resounding defeat at the Aston by-election is a result of factional infighting and internal issues that's led to a "monumental shift" as voters abandon the Coalition in droves.

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Dutton’s leadership safe for now, Liberals say, despite calls for change of direction after historic loss in Aston

Malcolm Turnbull says the party’s future rests on its ability to move back to the centre

The Guardian - AU

Victoria’s Daniel Andrews tells journos they didn’t miss anything on his China trip

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has defended not inviting journalists on his trip to China, saying there would not have been opportunities for press

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Daniel Andrews returns from media-free China trip as opposition vows to pursue unanswered questions

Victorian premier reveals it was his decision not to invite media on his four-day mission to China

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Excluding press from China trip right call: Vic premier

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has returned from China where he met with senior officials on trade and education matters.

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Daniel Andrews downplays transparency criticism after 'very successful' trip to China

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews labels his surprise trade trip to China "a very successful visit" and downplays concerns about transparency during the four days of meetings.

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A ‘broken’ Liberal Party enters Aston by-election as a feuding, fading rabble

Saturday's Aston by-election looms as a yet another test of the Liberal Party's increasingly fragile position in Australian politics, and for its leader

The Guardian - AU

‘Not off to a good start’: John Pesutto criticises Moira Deeming over tweet following her suspension

Suspended Liberal MP appears to contradict claims she made ‘important concessions’ to avoid party room expulsion

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Victorian Liberal Leader John Pesutto says MP Moira Deeming has not made a good start to her suspension

Victorian Liberal Leader John Pesutto says MP Moira Deeming's social media posts will be scrutinised after she appeared to walk back condemnation of key speakers at a controversial anti-trans rights rally.

The Guardian - AU

National reconstruction fund secures crossbench support – as it happened

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Heat grows on state Liberal leader over trans-furore MP

The acting premier has called on the Victorian Liberal leader to take a stand against bigotry by expelling a controversial MP.

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Liberal MP Moira Deeming Won’t Be Expelled Despite Attending An Anti-Trans Rally With Neo-Nazis

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The New Daily

Attendance an ‘error of judgement’, Deeming says

Moira Deeming said she accepts the suspension after initially defending her attendance at the rally.

The Guardian - AU

John Pesutto’s failure to expel Moira Deeming could prove to be his undoing

Victorian opposition leader says backflip on pledge to expel MP who attended anti-transgender rally was leadership – but it looks like the opposite

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Labor and Greens strike deal on safeguard mechanism; anger after police shoot Indigenous man; and Israel protests

Albanese government’s signature climate policy strengthened with hard cap on emissions totalling 1,233m tonnes

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