After delays in preselecting candidates, the federal arm of the Liberal Party has intervened and dissolved the NSW branch of the party.
In a statement released on Friday, the federal executive of the Liberal Party "unanimously" decided to dissolve the state branch for not complying with preselection rules.
"The intervention ground is based on the circumstance that decisions have not been made in relation to the endorsement if three incumbent Liberal members of Parliament as Liberal candidates to recontest their seats in the electorates of Farrer, North Sydney and Mitchell," the statement reads.
The dissolving of the branch puts in charge NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and federal Liberal president Christine McDiven.
The committee comprising of the three will allow them to endorse candidates with seats without preselection challenges.
The committee's control is scheduled to end 5pm next Tuesday.
It also notes the federal executive has instructed the NSW branch to "rectify the circumstances" where candidates had not yet been preselected and endorsed for seats within the state.
