The embattled MP will appear in court on Friday morning, hours before the party was due to decide whether she should remain a candidate for November’s state election.

A planned meeting between Opposition Leader Jess Wilson and Moira Deeming is off after the maverick MP refused to apologise for accusing a colleague of assault.

Moira Deeming will be invited to speak on her own behalf at a meeting of her party’s state executive, where she could be removed as a candidate.