Victorian Liberal upper house MPs Moira Deeming and Ann-Marie Hermans are to face preselection challenges, as senior party members sound out a former journalist to run against Renee Heath.
Guardian Australia has confirmed from three sources not authorised to comment publicly that Dinesh Gourisetty, a prominent figure in Melbourne’s fast-growing Indian community, will nominate for preselection in the western metropolitan region against Deeming.
Nominations for Liberal upper house preselections close on 14 January, with voting to take place across two weekends in March, before the state election in November.
In the south-east met
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