Moira Deeming expelled from Victorian Liberal party room after threat to sue leader John Pesutto

Previously suspended for nine months, Deeming has been accused by colleagues of bringing discredit' to the party

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The Victorian Liberal leader, John Pesutto, says he can't see a way back into the party for controversial MP Moira Deeming, after her colleagues voted to expel her from their party room.

Liberal MPs voted 19 to 11 to expel Deeming during a two-hour party room meeting on Friday morning, meaning she will have to serve the remaining three-and-a-half years of her term on the crossbench of the upper house of the Victorian parliament.

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