Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto is on track for a victory in Monday morning’s vote to expel Moira Deeming from the Liberal party room, despite the numbers narrowing over the weekend.
the ballot determining the controversial MP’s future, to be held at 10am, is an early test for Pesutto despite Deeming claiming she would back the current leadership team if the vote fails.
Western Metropolitan MP Deeming is fighting to remain in the Coalition’s ranks after Pesutto said he would push to remove her for “organising, promoting and attending” the Let Women Speak protest on the steps of state parliament just over a week ago. The anti-transgender rights rally was gatecrashed by far-right extremists who performed the Nazi salute on the steps of parliament.
Warrandyte MP Ryan Smith, who was dumped from shadow cabinet by Pesutto, told the ABC last week that he believed the leadership team had not provided substantial evidence to expel Deeming.Benambra MP Bill Tilley was originally going to be interstate on Monday but flew back to Melbourne on Sunday so he could attend the vote. He has told colleagues he does not support Pesutto’s motion.
“Every Liberal outfit across Australia has been continually roasted, so we have to modernise,” the Victorian MP said. “I condemn Nazism unreservedly, and my offer to make another public statement to that effect, workshopped with the media department and signed off by leadership, still stands,” Deeming wrote.
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