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Liberal MP Ann-Marie Hermans and been relegated to second spot on the Liberals’ South Eastern Metropolitan upper house ticket.

Conservative Liberal MP rolled for top spot amid fiery preselection battles

A tense round of Liberal preselection contests kicked off this weekend, amid the ongoing threat from One Nation.

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Joel Gilbert, a US filmmaker, conservative activist and conspiracy theorist.

Obama conspiracy theorist to address Australian conservative summit

American filmmaker and Infowars regular Joel Gilbert is speaking this week at Advance’s new conference in Sydney along with former prime minister Tony Abbott and Victorian MP Moira Deeming.

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John Pesutto arriving at the June meeting to address members of the state executive.

Pesutto could refinance loan to spare Victorian Liberals court battle

The possibility, designed to put an end to Supreme Court action and a long-running distraction for the Victorian opposition, has not progressed to any specific proposal.

  • Rachel Eddie
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley and her energy spokesman Dan Tehan face a rocky path ahead on climate change within the party.

Scrap net zero, Victorian Liberal members tell Sussan Ley

The state’s Liberal Party members also voted at Sunday’s state council to call for trans women to be blocked from women’s and girls’ sport.

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Paul Hopper who ran as an independent candidate in the Werribee byelection.

Melbourne’s west feels neglected by Labor, but this is why the Liberals can’t break the red wall

In the western suburbs, Labor MPs are having to work harder than ever and independents are on the rise.

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Victorian Opposition Leader Brad Battin.

Liberal leader ‘angry’ at colleagues but won’t condemn Daniel Andrews-Stalin comparison

Moira Deeming introduced a petition to parliament protesting a planned statue of Andrews, claiming Nuremberg trial principles were abused during COVID-19.

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Philip Davis was elected Victorian Liberal Party president in 2023.

‘A gift for our opponents’: Liberal boss calls for unity to stem electoral bleeding

Philip Davis has called for resignations from the party’s administrative committee and urged members to set aside internal dramas to become electable.

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Victorian Opposition Leader Brad Battin.

Battin had legal advice that Pesutto loan could breach Liberal Party constitution

The Victorian opposition leader didn’t share the advice with the party before it supported the $1.55 million loan to John Pesutto, Supreme Court documents claim.

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John Pesutto and Moira Deeming.

Court rejects ‘half-baked’ legal challenge to Pesutto payment

Supreme Court judge Michael McDonald has delivered a withering assessment of an attempt by Moira Deeming’s supporters to stop party funds being lent to John Pesutto.

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John Pesutto arrives at the Administrative Committee meeting to plead his case.

How 12 good men (and women) stepped in to save John Pesutto

The rescue package that spared the former Victorian Liberal leader from bankruptcy was on the brink of collapse hours before Thursday night’s vote.

  • Chip Le Grand and Kieran Rooney