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After a week of spectacular self-sabotage, the Victorian Liberal party’s pain is only just beginning

As John Pesutto scrambles to raise funds to pay $2.3m owed to Moira Deeming, the saga threatens to ‘engulf the entire party’, including its new leader

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Cost of crime crackdown criticised as Victoria prepares for influx of prisoners with huge jail spend

Jacinta Allan announces $727m expansion of prison system as data shows rise in remand numbers after ‘tough new bail laws’ introduced

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Crooks, culture first order of business for new top cop

A veteran cop who oversaw the police response to the Christchurch massacre has laid down his vision for combating crime as the head of an embattled state force.

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Premier attacks as ex-top cop takes ousting to watchdog

A premier has lashed out at a former police deputy commissioner who has referred his axing to the state's anti-corruption watchdog.

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Machete ban backed as youth crime crackdown 'imminent'

A family-friendly festival has become the scene of a violent clash of youths as a senior minister throws her support behind a machete ban.

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'Witness protection': clarity coming on police boss

Officers are expected to learn who will lead a state police force moving forward as the government claims a decision is yet to be made on its chief.

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State-owned solar farm to power more than 50,000 homes

Victoria's revived state-owned electricity commission will spend $370 million to wholly own a solar and battery farm slated to power 51,000 homes.

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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

The Guardian - AU

‘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

The Guardian - AU

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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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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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

The Guardian - AU

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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Deeming attended rally despite warnings of neo-Nazis

Ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming says she tried to avoid being divisive despite ignoring warnings on social media over attending a controversial rally.

The Guardian - AU

Moira Deeming agrees her trans and gender-diverse views are ‘controversial’ as cross-examination begins

Expelled Liberal MP testifies in high-stakes defamation case against Victorian opposition leader John Pesutto

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Deeming quizzed about gender views in defamation trial

Expelled Liberal MP Moira Deeming has taken to the stand in her defamation trial against Victorian party leader John Pesutto.

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Victorian parliament deems keffiyeh ‘political’ as it bans MPs from wearing it

Ban comes after Greens MPs wore the scarf that’s long been a symbol for the struggle for a Palestinian state

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The Guardian - AU

‘Bureaucracy going mad’: the 250 ‘magnificent’ 10 metre-high trees being felled for a Melbourne bike path

Residents of Queens Avenue in Caulfield East are ramping up the fight against the 1km path and vow to ‘fight until the bulldozers come’

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese says protest at Melbourne hotel of Israeli hostages’ relatives is ‘beyond contempt’

About 20 pro-Palestinian protesters walked into Crowne Plaza lobby with signs and megaphone, causing Israeli delegation to seek refuge in police station

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PM condemns protest targeting Hamas hostages' group

Demonstrators have targeted the loved ones of people held hostage by Hamas, who are in Australia pushing for their freedom.

The Guardian - AU

Victorian school apologises for Arab dress up stunt

Several Year 12 students from Brighton Secondary College are believed to have dressed in white robes and scarves linked to Palestine

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Cost of living spokesman defends real estate portfolio

A state opposition's newly appointed spokesman on the cost of living has defended stepping into the role despite holding many real estate interests.

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More division for Vic Libs as controversial MP survives expulsion motion

Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming has reportedly survived an expulsion bid – instead striking a compromise deal.

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Deeming day: Victorian Liberals to decide MP’s fate

Moira Deeming will face the music as Liberal colleagues vote on expelling her from the parliamentary caucus after her part in an anti-trans rally.

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