Overview
- The Victorian Liberal state executive voted on Friday to revoke Moira Deeming’s preselection for the Western Metropolitan Region, ending her place on the party’s November upper‑house ticket.
- The executive acted after Deeming refused to apologise for alleging a colleague, former leader Matthew Guy, grabbed her at a May community event and after Victoria Police reviewed CCTV and found no offence detected.
- Deeming discontinued an injunction she had lodged in the Supreme Court this week and sent a 12‑page statement and mediation proposal to the state executive before Friday’s meeting.
- She faces a separate financial threat from roughly $1.55 million she owes a backer who funded her defamation case, with repayment blocked while a party loan to a former leader remains tied up in court, creating a real risk of bankruptcy and possible loss of her seat.
- The decision removes a major distraction for the opposition ahead of the election, triggers a fresh preselection for the safe upper‑house spot, and caps a period of factional infighting that has strained the Victorian Liberals since 2023.