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Margaret Scheikowski

EXPLAINED: Liberals preselection brawl goes to court | Vintage Vibes

Judges are set to rule on a NSW Liberal Party preselection battle as the federal election looms. (AAP)

Scott Morrison, Dominic Perrottet and a third Liberal Party official didn't have the power to preselect three sitting MPs, a NSW court has been told as the federal election looms.

Rank and file members should be making the decisions rather than the prime minister, NSW premier and former federal party president Chris McDiven, argued barrister Scott Robertson on Friday.

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