NSW descends into farce

So let me get this straight. Alex Hawke is

Scott Morrison’s trusted confidant and fixer with considerable power. Hawke is facing a preselection challenge so scuttles meetings by not turning up (Karen Middleton, “Morrison moves to firm up leadership”, February 26– March 4). When a legal summons is issued on him, he fails to acknowledge it. In his absence, a “contradictor” amusingly named Bender is appointed. Is this the real world or an episode of Rumpole of the Bailey? Dodgy deeds such as these will come back to haunt Morrison and Hawke in the polling booths.

– Ray Peck, Hawthorn, Vic