There is a broad consensus across both moderate and conservative groupings in the Liberal Party that Deeming must go following her assault allegations against Matthew Guy.
The preference strategy, while designed to galvanise the anti-Labor vote across the state, risks a backlash in the party’s urban and middle-suburb heartland.
The preselection battle between Moira Deeming and Dinesh Gourisetty was for months dogged by accusations of branch stacking and suspicions of an anti-Deeming conspiracy at work.
An unexpected alliance with arch-conservative Bev McArthur helped bring Jess Wilson to power. Will her leadership finally unite the Victorian Liberal Party?