Exclusive | Conservative Liberals are war-gaming to roll moderate Victorian members of the powerful administrative committee, prompting fears of a conservative takeover
A group of conservative Liberals are war-gaming to roll party president Greg Mirabella and the more moderate members of the powerful administrative committee, prompting fears of a conservative takeover of the Victorian division.
The Liberal Party has been at a crossroads over social issues as it struggles to bridge the gaping internal divide between its socially liberal and conservative members, with debate flaring up in the aftermath of the 2022 federal election about how the party avoids lurching further to the right of mainstream Australians.
Members in the WhatsApp group were so outraged that Victorian state Liberal MPs took part in the Midsumma Pride March earlier this month, they vowed to amp up their efforts to “organise, build our numbers and roll” moderate Liberals.One Liberal shared a photo of Pesutto and several MPs, including Kew MP Jess Wilson and Brighton MP James Newbury, holding a “HAPPY PRIDE” banner, prompting a slew of responses, including one that described the image as “awful”.
The Liberal Party was scheduled to hold its state council meeting on April 1 and 2 in Bendigo to hold internal elections, but it is likely to be rescheduled because the Aston byelection. “[Their] concerns and actions ... have been more than vindicated following Moira Deeming’s election to parliament and the shameful and abhorrent anti-Liberal statements she has made therein,” Ackerman said in a statement.has decided not to name, said in their emails to the party administrators they decided not to support the party in the region because they believed Deeming had conservative views.
Deeming was preselected by Liberal Party members to replace Finn, who was kicked out of the parliamentary team last year after refusing to tone down his views on abortion, including calling for a ban on abortions in Victoria, even for rape victims.
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