Moira Deeming drops legal case against Victorian Liberal party and makes last-ditch bid to avoid disendorsement

<p>State MP abandons supreme court challenge, saying her party ‘can now decide whether to pursue mediation or reconvene to disendorse me’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jul/16/divine-playhouse-josh-thomas-workplace-drug-survey-anthony-albanese-labor-angus-taylor-coalition-one-nation-pauline-hanson-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming has dropped legal action against her own party as she seeks to make a last-ditch appeal to avoid being disendorsed before the state election.</p><p>Deeming launched an 11th-hour <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/03/moira-deeming-lawsuit-victorian-liberal-party-brian-loughnane-ntwnfb">supreme court challenge</a> against the Victorian Liberal party president, Brian Loughnane, on 3 July after she made an assault allegation against former leader Matthew Guy and subsequently rejected calls to apologise after Victoria police determined “there was no offence detected”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/16/moira-deeming-legal-case-victorian-liberal-party-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>