It now appears inevitable that John Pesutto will lose his position. Liberals are already speaking of his time in office in the past tense.
The party room meeting to decide Pesutto’s fate comes after his last-ditch effort on Sunday to save his job by agreeing to readmit exiled MP and defamation foe Moira Deeming.
Many in the Victorian Liberal Party want John Pesutto to go. If only they could decide who they want to replace him.
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.
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.
Some frontbenchers are emerging as possible replacements for the retiring treasurer.
The opposition leader has taken a political basket case and turned them into a viable government-in-waiting. But for some of his colleagues,a third year with Pesutto as leader is untenable.
Sam Groth has resigned from the Liberal Party frontbench,a further sign of turmoil in the Victorian Liberal Party following John Pesutto’s defamation lawsuit loss.