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Extremist Victorian MP Moira Deeming will face a fresh expulsion motion from the Liberal Party next Friday.

Deeming threatened Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto with legal action if he did not release a statement by 2 pm on Friday making clear that he does not believe she is a Nazi or Nazi sympathizer, also claiming the terms of her nine-month suspension were never honored.

Pesutto responded to the threat on Friday stating 鈥淚f Moira Deeming is going to take action to sue me, and effectively sue the parliamentary Liberal Party 鈥� I think that would be a matter for her to consider.鈥� Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton waded into the controversy stating 鈥淚 want this mess sorted out.”

Despite Deeming鈥檚 email on Thursday clearly stating 鈥淚 have advised my lawyers to prepare a legal challenge over my suspension鈥� she has since backflipped. In a statement released on Saturday Deeming says she 鈥渘ever once considered suing the Liberal Party,” and 鈥渞eports that I have, or had planned to do so, are false.”

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鈥� Moira Deeming MP (@MoiraDeemingMP)

Ms. Deeming went on to describe the 鈥渢errible toll鈥� the past six weeks had taken on her personally since her attendance at the Let Women Speak rally in Victoria 鈥� imagine how people who are transgender must feel.

Anonymous Liberal Party sources have spoken to media outlets claiming this second motion has the numbers to succeed. Brighton MP James Newbury and former leader of the opposition Matthew Guy described elements within the party as 鈥渢errorists鈥� for undermining Pesutto鈥檚 leadership.

A line has been drawn in the sand. It is time for the Liberal Party to clean house. John Pesutto and our team will modernise the Party and offer Victorians the mainstream alternative they expect. You cannot be part of the Liberal movement unless your focus is on winning in 2026.

鈥� James Newbury MP (@newbury3186)

Deeming was originally dubbed too extreme for Scott Morrison鈥檚 federal election campaign and a possible distraction due to her extremist views.