The defamation trial could be uncomfortable viewing for the Liberal Party with John Pesutto, Moira Deeming and a list of senior state MPs expected to take the stand, both for and against their leader.
The high-stakes legal battle between ousted Liberal Moira Deeming and Opposition Leader John Pesutto is set to begin on Monday, as almost half of polled voters say the party was right to take some form of action against her.
Pesutto and the leadership team had sought to expel her from the party room, but she was instead suspended for nine months in a last-minute compromise. Deeming was ultimately expelled in May 2023 after threatening to bring in lawyers, but remains on the crossbench in the upper house.
Labor voters were more likely than Coalition voters to say they were not fazed. Of the Coalition voters surveyed, 18 per cent said they believed no action or less action should have been taken, 27 per cent said she should have been expelled from parliament, and 12 per cent said the party was right to remove her permanently from the party room.
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