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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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The future of conservative MP Moira Deeming remains in the air after revelations the moderate-backed candidate who won a preselection battle against her may have provided a character reference to a sex offender. On March 28, Deeming lost her position to Indian community businessman Dinesh Gourisetty by 26 to 39 votes. However, the result is still subject to state executive approval and could be up in the air after Gourisetty withdrew his nominat…
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Total News Sources21
Leaning Left6Leaning Right5Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Left
Bias Distribution
- 46% of the sources lean Left
46% Left
L 46%
15%
R 39%
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