The fallout from a 2023 rally continues to echo via the Victorian Liberal celebration, with banished MP Moira Deeming narrowly failing to safe re-entry after a courtroom discovered she was defamed by state chief John Pesutto.
* March 18, 2023: Newly elected Liberal MP Ms Deeming attends a Let Ladies Converse rally on the steps of state parliament, which is gatecrashed by males performing the Nazi salute
* March 19, 2023: Mr Pesutto strikes to expel her from the Liberal parliamentary celebration over her function within the rally
* March 27, 2023: Ms Deeming handed a nine-month suspension from the celebration following a prolonged celebration room assembly
* Might 4, 2023: Mr Pesutto denies nameless bullying claims from his Liberal colleagues, as a number of MP allies swing to his defence
* Might 4, 2023: Ms Deeming calls for Mr Pesutto conform to a media assertion by 2pm exonerating her of being a Nazi or Nazi sympathiser or face authorized motion
* Might 7, 2023: Mr Pesutto backs second bid to expel Ms Deeming from the celebration after 5 MPs got here to him with the movement
* Might 12, 2023: Ms Deeming completely expelled from the parliamentary celebration
* Might 20, 2023: Supporters of Ms Deeming crash a Liberal Occasion convention after tensions flared between members over the choice to expel her
* Might 31, 2024: Attorneys for Ms Deeming subject a second defamation issues discover to Mr Pesutto
* July 15, 2023: Ms Deeming offers Mr Pesutto seven extra days to reply to a authorized ultimatum or face defamation motion in courtroom, in a 3rd letter of concern
* September 6, 2023: Mediation between the pair fails to succeed in an final result
* December 5, 2023: Ms Deeming launches defamation motion towards Mr Pesutto
* Might 17, 2024: Mr Pesutto settles two of his high-profile defamation instances with Let Ladies Converse rally figures Kellie-Jay Eager and Angie Jones
* October 16, 2024: Ms Deeming’s Federal Courtroom trial begins with an audio recording that allegedly contradicts Mr Pesutto’s proof
* October 24, 2024: The weeks-long defamation trial attracts to an in depth
* December 12, 2024: Justice David O’Callaghan delivers his judgment, discovering Mr Pesutto defamed Ms Deeming and awarding her damages of $300,000, however he refuses to resign as chief
* December 19, 2024: Courtroom revises damages invoice to $315,632 and orders Mr Pesutto additionally pay Ms Deeming’s yet-to-be-determined authorized prices
* December 20, 2024: A transfer to permit Ms Deeming to re-enter the parliamentary celebration fails after the vote completed tied at 14-all. Mr Pesutto says he will not enchantment the courtroom judgment and insists the “matter is concluded” however Ms Deeming’s supporters say it is not resolved
