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Liberals can't keep on track even with a prize in sight

ABC Australia · Jul 1, 2026, 12:51 AM · Also reported by 1 other source

Key takeaways

  • The Victorian Liberal Party is expected to dump controversial MP Moira Deeming as its candidate for the November election.
  • Once again the Victorian Liberals are caught up in another chapter of that extraordinary saga, "Doings of Deeming".
  • The row over the controversial upper house member's 2023 appearance at an anti-trans rally she partly organised, and which neo-Nazis attended, eventually cost then-leader John Pesutto his position.

Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.

The Victorian Liberal Party is expected to dump controversial MP Moira Deeming as its candidate for the November election. (AAP: Joel Carrett)

Link copied Share Share article The Liberals, it seems, can't resist returning to damaging infighting even in the one part of the country where things have been going quite encouragingly for them.

Once again the Victorian Liberals are caught up in another chapter of that extraordinary saga, "Doings of Deeming".

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