Moira Deeming tells Victorian Liberal MPs she will challenge her suspension from the party

Upper house MP threatened legal action if John Pesutto didn't declare she's not a Nazi sympathiser

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Moira Deeming says she is mounting a legal challenge against her nine-month suspension from the Liberal party after issuing a failed ultimatum to leader, John Pesutto, to declare that she is not a Nazi sympathiser.

Deeming was suspended for nine months from the Liberals during a party room meeting on 27 March, after she earlier attended an anti-transgender demonstration that was gatecrashed by neo-Nazis.

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