Victorian Liberal leader standing firm on bid to expel Moira Deeming despite calls for ‘alternative sanction’

Compromise punishment ‘not being remotely entertained’ and John Pesutto likely to have enough votes for MP’s expulsion

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Pleas to find a less severe punishment for Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming are “not being remotely entertained” by opposition leader, John Pesutto, who looks likely to have secured enough votes to expel her from the party room.

Liberal MPs are set to decide on Monday whether Deeming should be expelled from the parliamentary party, after she attended a rally headlined by British anti-transgender activist Kellie-Jay Keen where neo-Nazis were photographed performing the Nazi salute at the weekend.

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