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Victorian Liberal leadership spill LIVE: Jess Wilson to take over state party as Brad Battin accepts defeat
Jess Wilson, a first-term MP, won the leadership spill against Brad Battin due to poor polling and internal dissatisfaction, becoming the Victorian Liberals' first female leader.
- On Tuesday morning, Victorian Liberal MPs gathered for an 8.30am AEDT party room meeting where a cross-factional delegation told Brad Battin he had lost support and sources said Jess Wilson had sufficient backing to nominate for leader.
- Internal critics point to an October reshuffle that alienated about half a dozen colleagues critical to Brad Battin, Victorian Opposition Leader, and weakened his position after his whiteboard anecdote.
- Wilson, a former adviser to Josh Frydenberg, has held multiple portfolios and was elected to the Kew electorate in 2022, immediately joining the frontbench.
- Battin had held the leadership for less than a year after replacing John Pesutto, and a successful spill would open Sam Groth's deputy post to a vote, potentially reshaping the Victorian Liberal Party leadership team.
- If Wilson wins at the November next year state election, she would be Victoria's youngest ever premier and set up the first state contest with both major parties led by women.
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First term Victoria MP Jess Wilson has ousted state Opposition Leader Brad Battin to become the first female leader of the Victorian parliamentary team. Shadow Treasurer Wilson put her hand up for the leadership after being urged by a cross-factional group of MPs to take the top job. The 35-year-old is the Member for Kew and daughter of former Victorian MP Ron Wilson, who served in parliament from 1999 to 2002. Wilson said she was elected “unopp…
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