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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Michael McGowan and Sarah Martin

NSW Liberals reject another push to endorse sitting MPs as federal intervention considered

Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells
Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has warned NSW party members that any bid to invite federal intervention was part of a ‘manufactured controversy’ designed to install candidates against the will of members. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The fate of three key federal government MPs remains in the balance after the New South Wales Liberal party again rejected their endorsements, while the federal executive has given the fractious state division a 10-day deadline to “rectify” its problems or face intervention.

On Thursday the state executive of the NSW Liberal party again rejected a proposal to endorse the preselection of federal ministers Sussan Ley and Alex Hawke, as well as key moderate Trent Zimmerman, amid an ongoing factional war within the party.

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