Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto vows to fight defamation action by expelled MP Moira Deeming

First-term MP says mediation with the party leader failed, as she seeks to return to the Liberal party room

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Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto says he will vigorously defend himself and his party in defamation proceedings to be launched by dumped MP Moira Deeming.

The first-term MP was expelled from the parliamentary Liberal party after she took part in an anti-transgender rally in March that was gatecrashed by a group of masked men who performed Nazi salutes.

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