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AU Financial Review
20-06-2025
- Business
- AU Financial Review
Kennett calls for Vic Libs clear-out, questions Battin's leadership
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett has questioned opposition leader Brad Battin's capacity to lead the moribund state Liberals to government and called for a wipe-out of the parliamentary team, opening a fresh battle within the division already reeling from the fallout between MPs John Pesutto and Moira Deeming. Kennett made the comments at a private event hosted by MinterEllison and MST Financial on Thursday night, just as the Victorian Liberal Party's powerful administrative committee voted to provide Pesutto with a $1.55 million loan to help him repay his legal bills to Deeming.
AU Financial Review
02-06-2025
- Business
- AU Financial Review
Kennett issues 11th hour plea to save Pesutto from bankruptcy
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett has issued an 11th-hour plea to the Liberal Party's powerful administrative committee to save ex-leader John Pesutto from being bankrupted by a multimillion dollar defamation debt to colleague Moira Deeming. Kennett's letter to the 19-member committee came as Deeming reportedly filed a creditor's petition with the Federal Court on Monday after Pesutto failed to pay her $2.3 million in legal costs following her successful defamation case against him.
Sky News AU
08-05-2025
- Business
- Sky News AU
Nuclear energy ‘should not be dropped' from Liberal policies
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett says nuclear power was a 'futuristic' policy and should not be scrapped. Mr Kennett told Sky News host Andrew Bolt that nuclear energy would 'ensure' consistent energy for Australian households. 'Announcing it was right, that was a good policy, and it should not be dropped.'
Sky News AU
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Coalition gave Labor a ‘free kick' with poor election campaign
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett says he has not seen a 'worse' campaign than Peter Dutton ran. Mr Kennett told Sky News host Andrew Bolt that the Coalition gave Labor a 'free kick'. 'I want to learn from the mistakes.'
Sky News AU
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Election loss was the ‘consequence' of Liberals' ‘many' mistakes
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett says there were 'too many' mistakes made during the Liberals' campaign. Mr Kennett told Sky News host Andrew Bolt that the Liberals lost the election because they 'failed'. 'When you make mistakes, there are consequences.'
