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Alex Hawke and Scott Morrison on the backbench in parliament. Hawke is facing a Liberal party push to expel him at the NSW state council. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Good afternoon. Alex Hawke, an ally of Scott Morrison and a sitting federal MP, could be expelled from the Liberal party over a bitter preselection feud in the lead up to last year’s federal election.

A motion submitted to the NSW Liberal state council claims Hawke delayed preselections, harming the Morrison government’s chances at the 2022 election.