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One quiet night in Moonee Ponds, Liberal ‘indoctrination’ warriors take to the stage

There was little surprising at last night’s ‘education challenge’ event featuring Kevin Donnelly and Senator Sarah Henderson — except, perhaps, how many people actually showed up.

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Afternoon Update: sport organisations condemn Commonwealth Games axing; Rome braces for record heat; and 2007 iPhone sells for $279,000

Premier Daniel Andrews has cited a cost blowout to $7bn as the main reason for pulling the event

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Australia Commonwealth Games 2026: Victoria cancels event after costs blow out to $7bn

Commonwealth Games Federation says the state government’s decision was ‘hugely disappointing’

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Ousted MP sends 3rd legal letter to Vic Liberal Leader

A third legal notice from ex-Liberal MP Moira Deeming calls on the Victorian Opposition Leader to respond to her concerns within a week or face court action.

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Calls for special investigator as Lawyer X sues cops

Barrister Nicola Gobbo is suing Victoria Police, claiming officers were negligent and put her safety at risk.

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Simon Crean, ‘Labor giant’, dies

Former ACTU president and Labor leader Simon Crean died suddenly in Germany on Sunday aged 74, and Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto will stand by his claims Moira Deeming associated with Nazi sympathisers at a rally in March.

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Read the room, politicians: no one wants your transgender rights culture war

Polling shows a majority of Australians are supportive of transgender rights, but you wouldn’t know it from our political discourse.

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No freeze on Vic MPs' pay amid cost-of-living crunch

Unions have reacted with bemusement at Victorian MPs receiving a 3.5 per cent pay increase as Premier Daniel Andrews rules out a NSW-style wages freeze.

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Liberal pick touts pastor work ahead of by-election

The Victorian Liberals have preselected former Box Hill candidate and youth pastor Nicole Werner for an upcoming by-election in Warrandyte.

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Support for Vic coalition drops to new low, poll shows

A new Resolve Strategic poll shows the Victorian Liberal and National parties trailing behind the Labor government.

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Labor maintains large Newspoll lead, but support for Voice slumps

A federal Newspoll, conducted May 31 to June 3 from a sample of 1,549, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, unchanged from the last Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes were 38% Labor (steady), 34% Coalition (steady), 12% Greens (up one), 6% One Nation (down one) and 10% for all Others…

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Liberal saga rolls on as MPs rule out byelection run

Victorian MP Moria Deeming has served state Liberal leader John Pesutto with another defamation threat, alleging she was bullied and threatened with expulsion.

The New Daily

Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto served fresh defamation notice by Moira Deeming

Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto has been served with a fresh defamation threat by ousted MP Moira Deeming.

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Victorian Liberals gear up for byelection following the resignation of Warrandyte MP Ryan Smith

Potential candidates include opposition party’s federal vice-president and upper house MP Matt Bach as Labor considers whether to contest electorate

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Victorian state Liberal MP Ryan Smith resigns, sparking by-election in Melbourne's north-east

Voters in Melbourne's north-east will head to the polls for the third time in just over a year, after Liberal MP Ryan Smith — a critic of leader John Pesutto — called time on his Victorian political career.

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Conservative Victorian Liberal MP Ryan Smith’s resignation blindsides leader John Pesutto

Smith has been a supporter of Moira Deeming, who was forced onto the crossbench earlier this month

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Liberal quits as discontent festers in Victorian party

Victorian Liberal Ryan Smith has announced he is leaving state parliament, citing increased discomfort with the negative tone of politics.

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‘Hurtful to Indigenous Victorians’: John Pesutto rebukes Bev McArthur over colonisation comments

Liberal leader says he will speak to the MP about her claim that Indigenous people should be grateful for ‘wonderful things’ enabled by colonisation

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Shock and fear grip Victoria’s timber towns after logging ban

The Victorian government announced on Tuesday it would phase out harvesting native forests by next year, shocking the timber industry

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Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto shrugs off UN official's comments in defence of Moira Deeming

Under-pressure Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto has swatted away criticism from a top UN official about his treatment of expelled Liberal Moira Deeming, saying he was more focused on the state's budget.

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Words matter. Leadership matters. But instead the right gives us slurs and slogans

If leaders of political parties remain silent against the hate spread by neo-Nazis and their ilk, they’re showing they haven’t taken a stand.

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Vic Lib John Pesutto’s party allies shrug off walk-out protest by Moira Deeming supporters

John Pesutto can unify Victoria's Liberals and is the right man to take the Coalition to the next state election, allies insist

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Victorian Liberal allies go into bat for John Pesutto

Allies of John Pesutto have gone into bat for the Victorian Liberal leader after he was booed and heckled by supporters of ousted MP Moira Deeming.

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Vic Liberal leader John Pesutto on thin ice after protest and walk-out at party conference

Supporters of Moira Deeming have crashed a Liberal Party conference as tensions flare between members over the decision to expel her

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John Pesutto booed as Deeming supporters crash meeting

John Pesutto has been booed and heckled by supporters of Moira Deeming after they disrupted a Victorian Liberal Party conference clutching masks of her face.

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