Confusion over candidate who defeated Moira Deeming in preselection battle
Dinesh Gourisetty faced calls to quit after giving a character reference for a man convicted of grooming a child, raising concerns about his candidacy in the upcoming election.
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Moira Deeming must move to One Nation
From Macau: The Victorian Liberals have done it again, only this time the farce has played out in under 24 hours. On Sunday, Liberal Party delegates in Melbourne’s west voted to dump sitting Upper House MP Moira Deeming from the top spot on preselection ticket. As Deeming did not run for any other spot, this means she would lose her seat at the state election later in the year. Moderate-backed businessman Dinesh Gourisetty, a prominent figure in…
Liberal candidate who was set to replace Moira Deeming withdraws
On Sunday the Victoria Liberal party picked Dinesh Gourisetty to be their candidate for the Western Metropolitan Region at the upcoming state election, dumping controversial first-term MP Moira Deeming. Now is a surprise turn of events Gourisetty has withdrawn his candidacy after it was revealed he gave a character reference to a now convicted child sex offender. In August 2024 Gourisetty provided a character reference to Kashyap Patel, who was …
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