Moira Deeming drops legal case against Victorian Liberal party, makes last-ditch bid to avoid disendorsement
Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming has withdrawn her supreme court challenge against her party's leadership. She is now seeking mediation to avoid potential disendorsement ahead of the upcoming state election.
Why it matters
The case highlights internal political instability within the Victorian Liberal Party and the legal complexities of party candidate selection processes.
Moira Deeming sent a 12-page statement to the Victorian Liberal party’s state executive, providing a mediation proposal that allowed her to end the supreme court action. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP Moira Deeming sent a 12-page statement to the Victorian Liberal party’s state executive, providing a mediation proposal that allowed her to end the supreme court action. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP Liberal party Moira Deeming drops legal case against Victorian Liberal party and makes last-ditch bid to avoid disendorsement State MP abandons supreme court challenge, saying her party ‘can now decide whether to pursue mediation or reconvene to disendorse me’
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