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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Dan Jervis-Bardy and Anne Davies

Fate of NSW Liberal party to be decided at crunch meeting after federal takeover

The podium at the function centre for the 2025 Federal Election, at the Federal Liberal Reception.
The federal intervention has rankled all three factions in the NSW Liberal party and all are perturbed with the lack of progress and consultation. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The fate of the New South Wales Liberal party will be decided at a crunch meeting on Tuesday, where the party’s federal executive will weigh up whether to end or extend its control over the division.

The federal Liberal party forcibly took over the NSW division in September last year after the NSW branch failed to lodge nominations for 140 candidates in 16 councils before the local government elections. A committee was appointed to replace its state executive for a period of 10 months.

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