Moira Deeming facing new expulsion push as she denies threatening to sue Liberal party

Five MPs have given John Pesutto a notice of motion seeking her expulsion, which will go to the party room on Friday

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In the latest instalment of a saga engulfing the Victorian Liberal party, the suspended MP Moira Deeming has put out a statement declaring that she never once considered suing the Liberal party".

That claim comes days after she emailed MPs saying she had advised her lawyers to prepare a legal challenge to her suspension.