Liberals play down leadership tensions after former rival’s ‘weird’ press conference
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Opposition Leader John Pesutto turned away from his former Liberal leadership rival's attempt to reinvigorate the investigation into a car accident involving Prime Minister Daniel Andrews in 2013. On Sunday - day after Liberal Party won key by-election - opposition spokesman for police, prisons and crime prevention, Brad Battin, attended a press conference with Colin Robertson, professional product engineer who identifies himself as amateur Sherlock Holmes.He believes there are inconsistencies in his account of accident. Opposition Leader John Pesutto and opposition police spokesman Brad Battin. Age Three sources familiar with situation confirmed that opposition leader's team expressed discomfort with timing of Battin's inclusion in a media report on Sunday and was unaware that Battin was attending a press conference day after Warrandyte by-election victory. Battin, who lost lead to Pesutto by only one vote in December, referred the 10-year case to Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission .