The day after the Liberals’ byelection win in Warrandyte, a one-time leadership rival to party leader John Pesutto surprised the team by trying to reignite scrutiny over a 2013 car crash involving Premier Daniel Andrews.
Opposition Leader John Pesutto has distanced himself from his former Liberal leadership rival’s attempt to reignite scrutiny over a 2013 car crash involving Premier Daniel Andrews.
– who was 15 at the time – is now suing the law firm that represented him at the time, Slater & Gordon, for breaching its duties by failing to conduct “a full and proper investigation into the circumstances”.
By contrast, Battin – a former leadership rival to Pesutto – has said he has “genuine concerns” about the matter and has questioned the investigation by Victoria Police.Normally, alerts for media appearances by members of the opposition frontbench are sent via a centralised text message service. But the alert for Sunday’s event in Cheltenham was from an independent communications consultant.
“At some point, senior members of an opposition need to decide if they’re going to be the alternative government or spend time with the conspiracy theorists. It was not authorised,” the shadow minister said.
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