After Friday’s deadlocked vote,the Victorian Liberals will begin the new year with another meeting to decide on Moira Deeming’s readmittance to the party.
Many in the Victorian Liberal Party want John Pesutto to go. If only they could decide who they want to replace him.
A historic Melbourne building is deteriorating,with its owner yet to face penalties. Experts warn gaps in heritage laws leave history at risk of demolition.
The opposition leader says Victorians know him “as a fighter” and that he would be willing to apologise to Moira Deeming in person.
John Pesutto has been given 24 hours to stand down or face a leadership challenge after the narrow vote on allowing Moira Deeming back into the party room cost him support from key backers.
The idea of exiled MP Moira Deeming returning to the Liberal party room after spending 18 months waging lawfare against its leader John Pesutto is,even by their standards,completely bonkers.
A review could recommend specific rights for victims of sexual violence,and asks whether victims should have the right to seek an independent review of police or prosecution decisions.
The premier has used her first major cabinet reshuffle to elevate housing as a policy priority before the next state election and cement the key role of women in her frontbench.
State Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes is to be sworn in as treasurer on Thursday as she takes on one of the most difficult challenges in politics.
A Victorian government report in response to this masthead’s Building Bad investigation says builders should be contractually required to stamp out criminal behaviour.
Previously undisclosed details of John Pesutto’s settlement plan will be weighed by Liberal MPs as they prepare for Friday’s vote on Moira Deeming’s return.