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Introduction
John Pesutto is an Australian politician and lawyer serving as the Leader of the Opposition in Victoria, holding office as the leader of the Victorian Branch of the Liberal Party of Australia. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the inner-city division of Hawthorn since 2022, and previously from 2014 to 2018.
Early life
| Name | John Pesutto |
| Net Worth | $5 million |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Age | 53 years |
| Height | 1.75m |
John Pesutto was born on September 5, 1970 (age 53 years) in Traralgon, Victoria, Australia. He studied at Catholic Regional College Traralgon from 1983 to 1988 and studied a Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Melbourne from 1989 to 1993. He worked as a lawyer for Littleton Hackford from 1994 to 1996, and as an Elector ate Officer for Russell Broadbent from 1996 to 1997.
Pesutto also worked as a lawyer for Henty Jepson & Kelly from 1997 to 2006, as a lawyer for Phillips Fox from 2006 to 2009, as a self-employed consultant from 2009 to 2011, and as Director of the Productivity and Employment Unit with the Institute of Public Affairs in 2010, and in the Office of the Premier from 2011 to 2014 as Counsel to Denis Napthine, Chief of Staff to the Health Minister and as a senior advisor to Ted Baillieu.
During his career in private legal practice, Pesutto practiced with a focus on industrial relations and employment matters, while his consultancy had a focus on advising government departments and public sector agencies on governance and performance issues.
After losing his seat in the 2018 Victorian state election, Pesutto took up an honorary post in the school of government at the University of Melbourne, established his consultancy firm called Hugo Benice Advisory offering legal work and media, government and competition advice, and maintained a presence in the media through writing columns for The Age and appearing on ABC Radio and Joy FM.
Political career
John Pesutto ran for Liberal preselection for Kooyong at the 2010 federal election but lost to Josh Frydenberg. Pesutto was pre-selected as a Liberal Party candidate for Hawthorn after defeating John Roskam of the Institute of Public Affairs for the position. He was successful in the 2014 state election.
Pesutto was Shadow Attorney-General in Matthew Guy’s first shadow ministry. He was defeated in the 2018 state election. He was a panelist on ABC on election night when he was told on live television that he had lost his seat to Labor’s John Kennedy.
On 14 December 2021, John Pesutto was again endorsed as the Liberal candidate for Hawthorn at the 2022 Victorian state election. Pesutto won re-election in the state election on 26 November 2022 against Labor incumbent John Kennedy and teal independent challenger Melissa Lowe on a 1.7% margin. After Liberal leader Matthew Guy announced his resignation,
He announced his candidacy for Liberal leader. Pesutto was elected leader of the Liberal Party on 8 December 2022, winning the party room ballot by one vote against Brad Battin. Under Pesutto’s leadership, in March 2023 his party considered expelling Liberal MP Moira Deeming from the party but opted to suspend her from the party room for nine months.
Deeming later initiated legal action against Pesutto after he declined her demand to issue a media statement saying that he does not consider her a Nazi or Nazi sympathizer. This saga was part of a crisis within the Victorian Liberal Party in May 2023, when Pesutto’s leadership was undermined by members of the hard-right faction of the Liberal Party, whom two Liberal MPs labeled ‘terrorists’.
Liberal Party elder Tony Barry described the situation as “The Victorian Liberal Party is like the space shuttle Columbia slamming into the Hindenburg and then landing on the deck of the Titanic”. Federal Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton on 5 May 2023, refused to rule out an intervention into the Victorian Liberal Party.
Deeming was eventually expelled on May 11, 2023, by a vote of 19–11. The vote was widely considered a test of Pesutto’s leadership of the parliamentary Liberal Party. At the 20th of May 2023 Liberal State Council meeting in Bendigo, Pesutto was booed by attendees for his handling of the situation.
The controversy resulted in the Victorian Liberals recording their lowest-ever primary vote of 23% in published opinion polls. The Federal Liberal Women’s Committee condemned Pesutto for suspending Deeming and demanded that Pesutto apologize and immediately reinstate Deeming to the party room. He is considered to be factionally moderate within the Liberal Party.
Wife
As of December 2023, John Pesutto is married to his wife Betty Pesutto. His wife is a private person and together they have three children. He is a resident of Hawthorn for over 25 years. He has described himself of being “from the Greek parts of Italy”.
John Pesutto net worth
How much is John Pesutto worth? John Pesutto net worth is estimated at around $5 million. His main source of income is from his primary work as a politician. John Pesutto’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $234,000 annually. His remarkable achievements have earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. He is one of the richest and most influential politicians in Australia. He stands at an appealing height of 1.75m and has a good body weight which suits his personality.