In short:
Moira Deeming has resigned from the Victorian parliamentary Liberal Party and will now sit as an independent, ending a turbulent relationship with the party. Her departure follows months of internal disputes, legal action and her second disendorsement ahead of the November state election.
Turbulent Association Ends
Embattled MP Moira Deeming has cut ties with the Liberals, ending a chequered tenure with the party.
On 28 July, Ms Deeming took to social media to announce the move.
“Today, I have resigned from the parliamentary Liberal Party and will sit with the crossbench as an independent,” Ms Deeming said.
“My focus has always been, and will continue to be, on representing the needs and concerns of everyday Australians. I was elected to fight for freedom, fair laws, and families.”
“To save our state from the endemic corruption, crushing debt, and the rising crime crisis, Labor has got to go. I remain fully committed to seeing that through. Thank you to those who have supported me.”
Earlier this month, the party dumped Ms Deeming as its upper house candidate for November’s state election for a second time in less than four months.
That decision followed weeks of drama, debate and legal action that erupted when it was revealed Ms Deeming had filed a police report involving former opposition leader Matthew Guy.
Ms Deeming reported the incident to police on 16 June, claiming Mr Guy assaulted her during a Macedonian community event in Sunshine on 23 May.
Victoria Police later confirmed it had concluded its investigation, determining there was “no offence detected.”
Mr Guy publicly demanded Ms Deeming apologise, of which she has asserted she never refused to do, but rather refused to say she made a false police report or defamed Mr Guy.
In late March, party members preselected Dinesh Gourisetty ahead of Ms Deeming as the Liberal Party’s number one upper house candidate.
That decision quickly backfired after it emerged Mr Gourisetty and Wyndham’s then-Mayor Preet Singh had each provided character references for a man later convicted of child sexual offences.
Ms Deeming was expelled from the parliamentary Liberal Party in 2023 following a dispute over her attendance at a Melbourne rally that was gatecrashed by neo-Nazis.
She was readmitted to the parliamentary party by then-opposition leader Brad Battin in 2024 after winning a defamation case against another former opposition leader, John Pesutto.
Ms Deeming’s political future beyond November remains uncertain.
