COMMITTEE TAKES REINS OF NSW LIBS

SCOTT Morrison has dissolved the state executive of the NSW Liberal Party and appointed a committee to manage it so three sitting MPs can be re-endorsed after months of dispute.

The committee will be made up of the Prime Minister, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and Christine McDiven.

Mr Morrison has been facing the political headache of several winnable NSW seats not yet having candidates so close to the election. Incumbents Alex Hawke, Sussan Ley and Trent Zimmerman will now be re-endorsed without preselection challenges.

“Today the Federal Executive of the Liberal Party resolved unanimously to intervene and appoint a committee to take over the management of the NSW division,” a statement said.

It said the term had commenced immediately and would end on Tuesday.

“The intervention ground is based on the circumstance that decisions have not been made in relation to the endorsement of three incumbent Liberal members of parliament as Liberal candidates to recontest their seats,” the statement said.

There still remains six lower house seats without candidates.