Victorian opposition leader testifies in federal court defamation case brought against him by ousted Liberal MP
John Pesutto outside the federal court of Australia in Melbourne on Tuesday. Moira Deeming is suing the state Liberal leader for allegedly falsely portraying her as a Nazi sympathiser.John Pesutto outside the federal court of Australia in Melbourne on Tuesday. Moira Deeming is suing the state Liberal leader for allegedly falsely portraying her as a Nazi sympathiser.
In a terse exchange in the federal court in Melbourne, Chrystanthou described the dossier as “no better than a project prepared by an eight-year-old”.Pressed on whether he provided Deeming procedural fairness in the creation of the dossier, Pesutto said it “could never be a judicial process”.He said he needed to consider the reputation damage to the party from Deeming’s attendance at the rally.
Earlier on Tuesday, the state Liberal leader’s barrister, Matthew Collins KC, said Deeming could have “worked out she was walking into a disaster” before she attended and spoke at the rally.
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