Pesutto may tear down SEC to rebuild Liberals in Victoria

John Pesutto, the new Victorian opposition leader, has hinted he would dismantle plans to revive the State Electricity Commission and says Premier Daniel Andrews is a hypocrite for characterising himself as anti-privatisation.

Mr Pesutto, 52, went from being a member of the public to opposition leader in one “frenetic” week last year after winning the leafy east Melbourne seat of Hawthorn. He edged out Brad Battin by a single vote to replace Matthew Guy at the helm of a broken Liberal Party.