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> Chris Crewther, Brad Battin and Jess Wilson to contest Liberal party leadership

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/last-minute-contender-emerges-for-liberal-leadership-showdown-20241227-p5l0sq.html

> A midnight email from Chris Crewther throwing his hat into the ring will see a crowded contest for the Liberal Party leadership at a Friday morning meeting.

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> The party room meeting is scheduled for 10am. If the party room votes in favour of a spill, Pesutto is expected to stand down as leader.

> Should the spill motion be successful, the leadership vote will become an elimination-style showdown, with the candidate receiving the fewest votes out of the race first, followed by another round of voting. Under this scenario, Crewther is widely expected to be eliminated first.

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