The Victorian Branch of the Liberal Party has expelled suspended MP Moira Deeming after a motion was put forth to party members on May 12.
Liberal MPs voted 19 to 11 to expel Deeming for “bringing discredit” to the party.
In a separate motion, Upper House MP Renee Heath was also removed as party secretary. Heath was responsible for taking disputed minutes from another meeting in March to expel Deeming.
Deeming did not turn up to the May 12 meeting after her lawyers served John Pesutto a May 11 defamation concerns notice, which threatened court action if the party leader did not immediately withdraw the motion, publish an apology to her on his website, and pay her compensation and legal costs….