‘Rebels without a cause’: State Liberals split over legal costs to defend Pesutto
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A group of rebellious Victorian Liberal MPs are pressing to stop the party funding the legal defense of Opposition Leader John Pesutto and his leadership team after a new libel threat. The party's executive committee is expected to discuss on Thursday night whether to cover legal costs following British anti-trans rights activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull's threat from a rally raided by neo-Nazis in March. Credits Simon Schlüter The disputes come amid speculation among Liberal MPs that a member of party's leadership team - opposition education spokesman Matt Bach - could not serve out his term after the upper house MP put his property up for sale and moved back to UK. If Bach, moderate ally of Pesutto, leaves parliament before the next election, it would create a vacancy in the upper house and leadership team, setting off potential factional war.Bach has been contacted for comment.