Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming demanded the party guarantee her preselection in exchange for temporarily forgiving former leader John Pesutto’s $2.3 million legal debt and avoiding a potentially damaging byelection in his inner-city electorate.
Pesutto is on the brink of bankruptcy unless he can find another $1.5 million to repay his colleague’s court-ordered legal fees within two weeks following her successful defamation case against him. If he is declared bankrupt, he will need to resign as a member of parliament.
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