Financial Backer Asks Embattled MP Moira Deeming to Repay Loan

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Thursday, 16 July 2026, 4:36 pm

A person who helped Moira Deeming with money for her court case wants her to pay them back.

In short:

Moira Deeming won a court case and got $1.55 million. Now, the person who helped her wants their money back. She was going to take the money, but others are trying to stop her.

The person who helped her is waiting for their money.

What happens next?

The Liberal Party will meet next Thursday to decide what to do with Moira Deeming.

Moira Deeming is in more trouble. She needs to pay back the person who helped her with her court case.

Moira Deeming told the party she was taking the $1.55 million she won in court. But the party is trying to stop her because they loaned the money to someone else.

Some people in the party do not want Moira Deeming to have the money. They are trying to stop her in court.

The person who helped Moira Deeming is still supporting her, but they want their money back.

The Liberal Party helped someone else pay Moira Deeming's court costs so he wouldn't go bankrupt.

Moira Deeming was supposed to go to court again, but she decided not to.

She was trying to stop the party from taking away her chance to be in the election.

The party wants to remove Moira Deeming because she won't say sorry to someone she accused.

She said someone hurt her, but the police didn't find any evidence.

The leader of the opposition won't talk about Moira Deeming's decision.

She said the issue is still in court.

The opposition leader might decide what happens to Moira Deeming next week.

Money problems after court win

Someone helped Moira Deeming with her court case. She won, and the other person had to pay her $2.3 million.

The Liberal Party loaned the other person $1.55 million so he wouldn't go bankrupt.

Some party members are challenging the loan in court.

The money is being held until the court decides.

The person who helped Moira Deeming hasn't gotten their money back yet.

A developer from New South Wales helped Moira Deeming with her court case.

Moira Deeming sent a statement to the party asking them not to remove her from the election.

She said she's ending her court case against the party.

Moira Deeming wrote that she's facing bankruptcy because she hasn't gotten the money she won in court.

She said the party can now decide what to do with her.

The party doesn't want to work with Moira Deeming.

Moira Deeming won't say sorry

Moira Deeming said someone hurt her and she's still upset.

There's a video of what happened, but it doesn't look like the other person did anything wrong.

Moira Deeming said the other person put her in a headlock, but that's not what the video shows.

The other person says they didn't do anything wrong and wants Moira Deeming to say sorry.

Moira Deeming won't say sorry because she thinks she was telling the truth.

The party is distracted by their problems.

The person who helped Moira Deeming and the other people involved won't talk about it.

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