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Outspoken Liberal MP Rolled in Preselection Race
Dinesh Gourisetty won the top preselection spot with 39 votes, defeating Moira Deeming who received 26 votes in a contested Liberal Party delegate ballot.
- On Sunday, business leader Dinesh Gourisetty won the preselection contest for the top spot on the Victorian Liberals' Western Metropolitan ticket, defeating sitting MP Moira Deeming at the party's Melbourne headquarters.
- Deeming has been a polarising figure since her 2023 suspension following a Let Women Speak rally, later winning a defamation case against former leader John Pesutto that cost the party $2.3 million in legal fees.
- Despite endorsements from Opposition Leader Jess Wilson, former prime minister Tony Abbott, and commentator Peta Credlin, Deeming received 26 votes against Gourisetty's 39, while fellow MP Trung Luu received three votes.
- One Nation's recent success in South Australia, where the party received almost 23 per cent of first preference votes, has sparked speculation regarding whether Deeming might defect to the right-wing party.
- The Victorian Liberals aim to end 12 years of Labor rule in the November election, though internal divisions and the emergence of minor parties like One Nation present ongoing challenges for the coalition.
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Moira Deeming dumped: MP loses Liberal preselection battle
Deeming quickly left the party’s headquarters without comment on Sunday after losing the hard-fought ballot, fuelling speculation she could defect to One Nation or the Libertarians.
·Sydney, Australia
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Victorian Liberals replace Moira Deeming with Dinesh Gourisetty in key seat - The Indian Sun
Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming has lost her top position on the party’s upper house ticket for the western metropolitan region, with members voting to replace her with businessman Dinesh Gourisetty ahead of the November state election. Party delegates met in Melbourne on Sunday, where Mr Gourisetty secured preselection for the leading spot on the ballot, defeating Ms Deeming, who had been elected to the upper house in 2022. The result follow…
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