Outspoken MP Quits Liberals After 'Headlock' Fiasco
- On Tuesday, MP Moira Deeming resigned from the Victorian Liberal Party, announcing she will sit on the crossbench as an independent for the remainder of the parliamentary term.
- Leader Jess Wilson confirmed the resignation, which follows the party executive's unanimous July 18 vote to revoke Deeming's candidacy for the November election in the Western Metropolitan Region.
- The disendorsement occurred after Deeming refused to apologize for unsubstantiated claims that Matthew Guy assaulted her in a "headlock" at a May event; police reviewed CCTV and found no offense.
- Deeming faces potential bankruptcy proceedings and has been unable to repay a loan from her 2024 defamation action against former leader John Pesutto, leaving her political future uncertain.
- In a statement, Deeming vowed to continue "representing the needs and concerns of everyday Australians," adding that "to save our state from the endemic corruption... Labor has got to go.
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Moira Deeming resigns from Victorian Liberal Party
Victorian MP Moira Deeming has quit the parliamentary Liberal Party and confirmed her plans to move to the crossbench as an independent.
Outspoken MP Quits Victorian Liberals after ‘Headlock’ Fiasco
Outspoken MP Moira Deeming has quit the Victorian Liberal Party to become an independent for the remainder of the parliamentary term. The upper house MP on July 28 confirmed she would sit on the crossbench after the Liberal Party disendorsed her as a candidate for the Western Metropolitan region in the November state election. “My focus has always been, and will continue to be, on representing the needs and concerns of everyday Australians,” Dee…
Moira Deeming quits the Liberal party after being dropped as a candidate
Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming has quit the party following her disendorsement as a candidate for the upcoming state election. Party leader Jess Wilson announced that Deeming would move to the crossbench this morning. “This morning I received the resignation from the Parliamentary Liberal Party from Moira Deeming,” she said. Moira Deeming. In a social media post, Deeming said she would now sit as an independent. “My focus has always been, an…
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