A failure to nominate more than 100 candidates in upcoming local elections set off turmoil for the NSW Liberals last month that has led to a takeover by its federal branch.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has criticised the Liberal Party over confusion surrounding a federal takeover of its NSW branch, with Opposition leader Peter Dutton also weighing in. The takeover, which will last for 10 months, follows the NSW branch's failure last month to nominate 140 candidates for 16 councils in local government elections in September, due to a missed deadline to submit paperwork.
He defended the federal takeover as something their party needed "to be functional", adding: "We took a decision at the federal executive to put in place a council of wise elders." Three senior Liberals were requested to take over as administrators for the state branch — former Victorian state treasurer Alan Stockdale, former Victorian senator Richard Alston and Stokes.
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