The risk posed by independents to previously safe Liberal seats is due to economic prosperity in those electorates, not the Coalition's perceived shortcomings, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said.
The Prime Minister said members at risk from well-ranked independents, which include Dave Sharma in Wentworth, Trent Zimmerman in North Sydney and Josh Frydenberg in Kooyong, have done an "extraordinary job".
Mr Morrison said independents had more cut through this election as those electorates were "less vulnerable to the impacts of the economy", during an interview on ABC's 7:30 program.
