Morrison and Perrottet fail in bid to have high court resolve NSW preselection crisis

NSW Liberals must argue the legality of preselections in the NSW court of appeal after a bid by Scott Morrison and NSW premier Dominic Perrottet to have it heard in the high court was refused. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

Scott Morrison and the New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, have failed in a bid to have the high court rule on their power to handpick candidates for the federal election.

On the same day, the high court also refused to hear challenges to the federal Labor intervention in the Victorian branch.