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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent and Tamsin Rose NSW state correspondent

Federal Liberal party to forcibly take over NSW division after ‘scathing’ nominations debacle review

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Richard Shields has been sacked as state director of the NSW Liberals ahead of the council elections. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

The federal Liberal executive has intervened in the New South Wales party, demanding it appoint a temporary committee of three to run the troubled division after the failure to nominate candidates for some council seats.

On Tuesday the federal executive was briefed on the content of Brian Loughnane’s snap review of the NSW Liberals, which party sources told Guardian Australia was “scathing” about both the nomination failure and the preparedness to contest the federal election.

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