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Sam Groth’s wife Brittany publicly defends couple’s relationship as they threaten legal action against minister

Victorian Liberal deputy leader’s wife says timeline suggested in Herald Sun report relating to when she first began relationship with husband is ‘baseless and false’ as pair also threaten defamation action against News Corp

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Victorian Liberal deputy Sam Groth and wife threaten defamation and privacy action over News Corp stories

Former tennis star’s lawyer alleges Herald Sun articles are defamatory and constitute a serious invasion of Brittany Groth’s privacy under new tort laws

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Liberal turmoil continues over drunken rort allegations

Allegations of a drunken taxpayer-funded car rort plunged a state Liberal Party into further turmoil as it deals with the fallout of a high-profile court case.

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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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Tennis star Liberal MP denies taxpayer-funded car rort

Deputy state Liberal leader Sam Groth has come under internal fire over accusations of improperly using a colleague's taxpayer-funded chauffeured car.

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Liberal leader promises party unity after messy battle

Brad Battin has paid his respects to former leader John Pesutto after taking his place at the helm of the Victorian Liberals.

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Brad Battin ousts John Pesutto as Victorian Liberal leader as Moira Deeming returns to fold

Leadership spill came after Pesutto lost a defamation suit brought on by Deeming, who returns to party room

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Libs Battin down the hatches as leader outlines vision

Brad Battin has vowed to tackle the cost of living, crime, budget repair and regional roads after ousting John Pesutto as Victoria's Liberal party leader.

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Embattled John Pesutto makes bid to shore up support ahead of Victorian Liberal leadership spill

Opposition leader moves to allow remote voting at Friday’s party room meeting where he is expected to face a spill motion

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Third time lucky for former police officer Brad Battin, who replaces John Pesutto as Victorian Liberal leader

As leadership spill speculation grew, Battin was widely touted as the top candidate for the embattled opposition leader’s job

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'Massive divide': Liberals split on MP's bid to rejoin

Ousted Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming has declared it's "only a matter of time" before she returns to the party room after a vote split her ex-colleagues.

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'We erred': exiled MP bid dismissed as test of Lib head

One of five Liberal MPs behind a motion calling for a meeting to bring back exiled Moira Deeming says it's not an attack on party leader John Pesutto.

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Double fault or ace: Libs turmoil as frontbencher quits

Members of Victoria's Liberal Party are warring over its future leadership as John Pesutto refuses to resign following a court ruling that he defamed an MP.

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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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Athletics in 'survival mode' after Games cancellation

Athletics Australia says the sport is in 'survival mode' after the scrapping of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, taking aim at how Daniel Andrews axed the event.

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Victorian Liberals create justice reform and housing affordability roles in new frontbench

New criminal justice reform and housing affordability portfolios are created as part of the new Victorian shadow cabinet, unveiled in the wake of last month's electoral defeat.

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Vic opposition unveils new shadow cabinet

Victoria's opposition has unveiled its shadow cabinet after its loss to Labor, with several MPs elevated to the Liberal frontbench for the first time.

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