The Victorian Liberal Party’s planned move to remove MP Moira Deeming as a state election candidate is delayed following action connected to an ongoing court dispute. ABC Australia reports that Deeming receives a two-week reprieve after the party agrees in the Supreme Court to cancel imminent plans to revoke her preselection. Multiple outlets, including The Age, Brisbane Times and the Sydney Morning Herald, report that a new meeting is scheduled, involving the party’s state executive, where Deeming will be invited to speak on her own behalf. At that meeting, party officials consider whether she should remain as a candidate or be removed.
The reports indicate the process is being handled through internal party mechanisms under the oversight and timing constraints of the Supreme Court matter. While the sources agree on the broad steps—court involvement, a pause to immediate action, and a subsequent state executive meeting to hear from Deeming—they do not provide a final decision at this stage, with the outcome pending the party’s deliberations.
