High stakes defamation trial consuming the Victorian Liberal Party | 7.30

A high stakes defamation trial is consuming the Victorian Liberal Party.
Expelled MP Moira Deeming is suing her former leader John Pesutto for defamation after she helped organise an anti-trans rally on the steps of parliament that Neo-Nazis attended.
The Federal Court has heard evidence about dossiers, secret recordings of crisis meetings and exposed the inner workings of backroom party politics.
7.30’s Mike Lorigan reports.
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