After a week of spectacular self-sabotage, the Victorian Liberal party’s pain is only just beginning

As John Pesutto scrambles to raise funds to pay $2.3m owed to Moira Deeming, the saga threatens to engulf the entire party', including its new leader

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It was meant to be the Victorian Liberals' week. Instead, the party - now almost synonymous with political self-sabotage - has imploded once again.

And it's likely only going to get worse from here as the countdown officially begins for former leader John Pesutto to pay the $2.3m in legal fees he owes Moira Deeming or face bankruptcy after he was found in December to have defamed her.

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