NSW Liberals again fail to resolve preselection deadlock making federal intervention likely
by Anne Davies from World news | The Guardian on (#5WX4X)
Latest proposal on process to decide candidates ahead of May federal election scuttled by four votes against
The NSW Liberal party has again failed to resolve its preselection woes, virtually guaranteeing that the federal party will need to step in to finalise candidates for the looming election in May.
A proposal to hold branch votes in the electorates of Hughes, Parramatta and Eden-Monaro, where more than one person is running, and to endorse candidates in two other seats, largely failed, after the state executive rejected rule changes to fast track the process.
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