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The Victorian Liberal party’s dirty laundry has been aired in public. Can John Pesutto survive a leadership spill?

Opposition leader tells potential challengers to ‘bring it’ as MPs plot amid fallout from Moira Deeming defamation trial

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'Nobody's told me': Liberal leader on leadership rumour

Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto says nobody has come to him about a challenge, but if someone wants to take him on for the top job, they can bring it on.

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‘We might need to discuss Moira’: defamation trial puts Liberal party rifts and rivalries on show

Machinations, high-profile players and secret recordings feature in ousted MP Moira Deeming’s court case against Victorian opposition leader John Pesutto

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Afternoon Update: Tu Le is Labor’s Fowler candidate; Queensland LNP leader at odds with Dutton; and the quest for a golden owl

Le, the daughter of Vietnamese refugees, said the people of Fowler ‘deserve a voice in the Labor government’

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Liberal civil war on show as defamation trial nears end

Deep-seated fractures in the Victorian Liberal Party have been laid bare for all to see as expelled MP Moira Deeming sues state leader John Pesutto.

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Peta Credlin texted warning about Moira Deeming expulsion to Victorian Liberal leader’s staffer, court hears

Defamation trial told of message from Sky News host to John Pesutto’s chief of staff while helping to set up office

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Deeming v Pesutto has unwittingly documented the Liberal Party’s internal chaos

From multiple secret recordings to accusations of lying, the Victorian Liberals have reaffirmed what we already knew: they’re in shambles.

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Trans people 'my biggest fans' says exiled Liberal MP

A new recording has been unearthed and played in court after it heard a former Liberal MP skipped a party meeting so she could get her hair done.

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Rinehart’s ‘secret’ wedding photo, AFL vs Stokes, and did the ABC just declare war?

Plus, the missing connection in coverage of Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin’s lingering influence on the Liberal Party.

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Afternoon Update: Israel vows retaliation against Iran; Walz and Vance face off; and Britain’s richest woman

The unprecedented Iranian salvo came less than 24 hours after Israel ordered the largest ground invasion of southern Lebanon in a generation

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Senior Liberal secretly taped meeting as ‘insurance’ after losing trust in Moira Deeming after controversial rally, court hears

David Southwick tells defamation trial ‘I felt like I had to protect myself from what was about to happen’

The Guardian - AU

Liberal deputy says lawsuit prompted party to expel MP

Victorian Liberal deputy leader David Southwick says the party was left with no other option than to expel MP Moira Deeming due to her planned litigation.

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Exiled MP 'should have run' when Nazis crashed rally

A retired politician has flown in from the UK to give evidence in Moria Deeming's defamation case against Victorian Liberal Leader John Pesutto.

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Afternoon Update: Labor threatens visa cancellations after protests; Baby Reindeer wrongly billed as ‘true story’; and a scrappy punk band’s evolution

Home affairs minister Tony Burke issues statement after some marchers carried Hezbollah flags

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Liberal figure Michael Kroger urged for ‘more crazy stuff’ to be found and used to oust Moira Deeming, court hears

Evidence of Sky News regular’s intervention comes after defamation trial against John Pesutto told of Peta Credlin’s advice to MP

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Lib leader admits misspeaking after gatecrashed rally

Victoria's Liberal leader admits making an error in public comments after a gatecrashed rally, as private messages are aired during a high-stakes court fight.

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Award-winning journalist or Liberal party player: will the real Peta Credlin please stand up?

The former chief of staff to Tony Abbott made the jump to media in 2016 and has walked the line of politics and news ever since

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Jeff Kennett said MPs who gave defamation case evidence would be ‘dealt with’ after John Pesutto revealed names, court hears

Former Victorian premier described the Liberal MPs as ‘disloyal, and perhaps even treacherous’, federal court trial hears

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Liberal leader shared lawsuit info with former premier

The Victorian Liberal leader says he shared information about his failed attempt to settle a defamation case with an exiled MP with ex-premier Jeff Kennett.

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Afternoon Update: Wong alarmed by Middle East ‘escalation’; RBA holds cash rate; and Dorset ‘Stonehenge’ discovered

Foreign affairs minister says 2024 is on track to be the deadliest year on record for aid workers

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Dossier used to expel Moira Deeming likened to ‘eight-year-old’s project’ as John Pesutto faces cross-examination

Victorian opposition leader testifies in federal court defamation case brought against him by ousted Liberal MP

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MP exiled due to protect Victorian Liberals: leader

Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto says he put the reputation of the Liberal Party at the forefront of his dealings with expelled MP Moira Deeming.

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Moment Deeming mentor 'knew we'd been double-crossed'

Long-time Liberal MP Kim Wells says he was acting as a conduit between party leader John Pesutto and Moira Deeming when he realised she had been double-crossed.

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Seven’s Andrew O’Keefe coverage turns ugly as goading cameraman crosses a line

Viewers lash out at ‘harassment’ of former TV star. Plus: AFR parts ways with Rowan Dean

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Moira Deeming kept ‘Liberal party mentor’ Peta Credlin in the loop ‘at all times’ amid Nazi stoush, court hears

Trial shown messages between MP and Sky News host discussing defamation action against Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto

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