Jul 24, 2026 – 4.00pmIt was a sold-out crowd at the Club Italia Sporting Club when Moira Deeming took to the stage six months ago.Sky News host Peta Credlin, former prime minister Tony Abbott and Indigenous businessman and Liberal personality Warren Mundine all joined her at the event, electrifying a crowd that included Victorian Liberals like Bev McArthur, Chris Crewther and Ann-Marie Hermans, as well as all manner of rank-and-file members.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Myriam RobinSenior writerMyriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media.Sumeyya IlanbeyVictorian political correspondentSumeyya Ilanbey is the Victorian political correspondent for The Australian Financial Review.Fetching latest articles
The meteoric rise and bitter downfall of Moira Deeming
The teacher and mother of four went from a conservative superstar backed by Tony Abbott to a Liberal outcast in a single term, after tearing her own party apart.
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