Deciding vote cast by leader John Pesutto, who Deeming successfully sued for defamation
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Moira Deeming will remain on the crossbench after vote calling for her readmission to the Liberal party room ended up a draw, with MPs conceding the issue is far from resolved.
Liberal MPs gathered at parliament on Friday morning to debate a motion to reinstate Deeming to the parliamentary party, but it was defeated 14-14, with the opposition leader, John Pesutto, using his casting vote to break the deadlock.
