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Bankruptcy notice lodged against John Pesutto after he fails to pay fellow Liberal Moira Deeming $2.3m

Former Victorian opposition leader says he will be doing ‘everything possible’ to pay the defamation costs within 21 daysAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLawyers for Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming have initiated bankruptcy proceedings against former state opposition leader John Pesutto after he failed to meet a deadline to pay her $2.3m in legal costs.The upper house MP’s lawyers on Monday lodged a bankruptcy notice on Monday after Pesutto failed to pay the costs ordered by the federal court in May. The court in December found he repeatedly defamed Deeming by falsely implying she sympathised with neo-Nazis and white supremacists.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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