BREAKING: Newly elected Hawthorn MP John Pesutto has won an anonymous vote for the Liberal leadership on Thursday morning, attended by 20 lower house Liberal MPs and hopeful candidates, as well as 13 upper house MPs. | paulsakkal
Pesutto entered Parliament with upper house MP Georgie Crozier before the vote.
“But it’s really now for the party room to make a very important decision and I want to emphasise whatever the decision, we’re all going to get behind it.Luis Enrique Ascui Rowville MP Kim Wells, speaking before the vote, said the Coalition’s state election campaign was disastrous.
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