Moira Deeming drops legal case against Victorian Liberal party, makes last-ditch bid to avoid disendorsement

Published July 16, 2026 · Category: News

Overview

State MP abandons supreme court challenge, saying her party ‘can now decide whether to pursue mediation or reconvene to disendorse me’

• Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates

• Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast

Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming has dropped legal action against her own party as she seeks to make a last-ditch appeal to avoid being disendorsed before the state election.

Details

Deeming launched an 11th-hour supreme court challenge against the Victorian Liberal party president, Brian Loughnane, on 3 July after she made an assault allegation against former leader Matthew Guy and subsequently rejected calls to apologise after Victoria police determined “there was no offence detected”.

Source

Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

Related Articles

• The Papers: 'World Cup dream over' and 'Mahmood for chancellor'
• 'Passive' and 'crumbled' - did Tuchel's defensive tactics cost England?
• Defeat will 'haunt' England as history repeats itself