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New South Wales Liberal Party
The Liberal Party of Australia,
New South Wales Division
Abbreviation
  • NSWLP
  • LPNSW
  • LIB
  • LP
LeaderKellie Sloane
Deputy LeaderNatalie Ward
PresidentPeter Collins
State DirectorChris Stone[a][1]
FounderRobert Menzies[2]
Founded16 October 1944; 81 years ago (16 October 1944)
Preceded by
Headquarters131 Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000
Youth wingYoung Liberals
Membership (2023)Increase 12,963[3]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing[5]
National affiliationFederal Liberal
Political allianceLiberal–National Coalition
Colours  Blue
Legislative Assembly
24 / 93
Legislative Council
9 / 42
House of Representatives
5 / 46
(NSW seats)
Senate
4 / 12
(NSW seats)
Local Government
115 / 1,480
Website
nswliberal.org.au

The New South Wales Liberal Party, officially called The Liberal Party of Australia, New South Wales Division,[6] and colloquially known as the NSW Liberals, is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in New South Wales. The party is currently in Opposition in New South Wales in a coalition with the National Party. The party is part of the federal Liberal Party.

Following the Liberal Party's formation in October 1944, the NSW division of the Liberal Party was formed in January 1945. For the following months, the Democratic Party and Liberal Democratic Party joined the Liberal Party and were replaced by the new party's NSW division.

In the 74 years since its foundation, the party has won eight state elections to the Labor Party's 13, and has spent 27 years in office (1965 to 1976, 1988 to 1995 and 2011 to 2023) to Labor's 46. Nine leaders have become Premier of New South Wales; of those, five, Sir Robert Askin, Nick Greiner, Barry O'Farrell, Mike Baird and Gladys Berejiklian, have won at least one state election.

History

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Background

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After the 1943 federal election, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Commonwealth Party, and what remained of the United Australia Party (UAP)'s NSW branch began discussions on a merger to form a new party, proposed to be also named Democratic Party. The Liberal Democratic Party (NSW) were new parties formed a few months prior in April and May 1943 respectively. By November 1943, discussions were almost completed and unity was likely.[7] The County Party refused to join in the merger but expressed they would co-operate with the new party.[8] However, during the unity conference on 24 November 1943, the LDP walked out of the conference as they were not willing to support retaining the secretary of the UAP, H. W. Horsfield, as the secretary of the new party, as well as retaining members of his staff.[9][10] Instead, during the same conference, the Commonwealth Party and the New South Wales UAP proceeded to merge without the LDP to form the Democratic Party.[11] As such, LDP remained a separate party to the Democratic Party.

The initial leader of the Democratic Party was the former premier Alexander Mair,[12] but he resigned on 2 February 1944 and was replaced by Reginald Weaver on 10 February.[13][10]

In the lead up to the 1944 state election in May, the LDP party generated publicity disproportionate to its size and the Sydney Morning Herald commented that the Liberal Democratic Party was "a mouse" attempting to "swallow the Democratic Party lion".[14] At the election, the Democratic Party led by Weaver won 19% of the vote and 12 of the 90 seats in the Legislative Assembly. However, the LDP received less than 4% of the primary vote and did not win a seat.

Horsfield, the secretary of the Democratic Party, resigned on 26 July 1944, paving the way for a LDP-Democratic merger again.[10] In August 1944, the LDP, still led by Ernest White, initially agreed to merge with the Democratic Party and the new party to be known as the United Democratic Party.[15] However, two days after federal UAP leader Robert Menzies announced that he was planning to set up a new "political movement with a Liberal policy" at an October conference, negotiations between LDP and Democratic Party broke down and the party merger did not take place.[10]

Founding of Liberal Party

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In October 1944, Menzies founded the Liberal Party of Australia during a conference in Canberra as announced in August, attended by LDP and Democratic Party delegates.[16] The New South Wales division of the Liberal Party was formed on 4 January 1945 with a provisional executive appointed, consisting of 20 LDP and Democratic Party members including White, Weaver and Bill Spooner.[17] Spooner, who was nominated by the LDP, was appointed as the first chairman on 9 January.[18]

The LDP was willing to support the formation of the Liberal Party and dissolved itself on 15 January 1945, officially joining the Liberal Party.[19] The Democratic Party also supported the formation but held off dissolution until a state branch of the Liberal Party had been fully constituted.[20] Weaver and parliamentary members of the Democratic Party were dissatisfied with the Liberal Party executive's attitude towards Democratic Party members and supporters, with Weaver tendering his resignation from the provisional council of the state Liberal Party in February 1945.[21] However, he withdrew his resignation in March 1945, and announced that all Democratic Party parliamentary members would join the Liberal Party.[22]

In the 1945 Ryde state by-election in February, Liberal member Eric Hearnshaw was elected to the New South Wales parliament. As Democratic Party parliamentary members including Weaver at that time had not yet joined the Liberal Party, this made Hearnshaw the first Liberal Party member in the New South Wales parliament.[23] Weaver and other Democratic parliamentary members finally joined the Liberal Party on 20 April 1945, with Weaver becoming the first parliamentary leader of the NSW Liberal Party.[24] On the same day, Albert Reid, independent member for Manly and a former UAP member, also joined the Liberal Party. This brought the total number of Liberal Party legislative assembly members to 14.[25]

Weaver died later in the year in November and he was succeeded by Mair as NSW Liberal Party leader. Mair resigned four months later in March 1946 to contest the Australian Senate, and was succeeded by Vernon Treatt as party leader. Treatt led the Liberal Party opposition in the state parliament for the next eight years.[citation needed]

2011 to 2023 in Government

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The Liberal/National Coalition won a landslide victory in the 2011 state election, with the Liberal Party winning 51 of the 93 lower house seats, enough for a majority in its own right. Liberal leader Barry O'Farrell opted to retain the Coalition. The Coalition has since governed New South Wales under Liberal leaders Mike Baird, Gladys Berejiklian and Dominic Perrottet, the former two winning the 2015 state election and 2019 state election respectively. The 2019 election was significant as it was the first time that the Coalition won a third consecutive term in office in New South Wales since the 1971 state election. It was also the first that a female leader (Gladys Berejiklian) led a party to a state election victory in New South Wales, and the first time a non-Labor female leader won a state election in Australia. Berejiklian stepped down on 5 October 2021 and was replaced as party leader and Premier by Perrottet.

In the March 2023 state election, the Liberal Party lost to a minority Labor Government led by Chris Minns. The Liberal Party has been led by Kellie Sloane since 21 November 2025.

On 14 August 2024 after nominations for the 2024 Local Government elections had closed at midday the Liberal Party announced they had not nominated several previously endorsed candidates.[26] In September 2024, the state executive was suspended by the Federal Liberals.[27]

2026 ICAC investigation

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In July 2026, the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption started public hearings for Operation Rosny. Operation Rosny is an investigation into allegations that senior Liberal Party officials had been involved in a smear campaign to oust David Chandler, the NSW building commissioner, and former police minister, Liberal Party MP David Elliott at the behest of fugitive property developer Jean Nassif. Under New South Wales law, property developers or their proxies donating on their behalf are prohibited from making political donations.[28] Nassif, who fled Australia to avoid an arrest warrant over alleged fraud offences, had supported a group of conservative Christian, right sub-faction Liberal operatives, known as "The Reformers". The group included two brothers of former Premier Dominic Perrottet. The group was formed to influence government decisions, for branch stacking and to influence preselection for Liberal Party candidates.[29][30] David Elliott testified to ICAC that he had come to believe that “a cult had taken over the [Liberal] party” after branch stacking by the party’s religious right faction.[31]

State opposition leader, Kellie Sloane, stated that she was not entirely across the allegations and had learned of them through reading newspapers. [32] Nassif allegedly paid a total of $2,000,000 AUD to Reformers members Christian Ellis, Charles Perrottet and Jeremy Greenwood. Hotel baron Michael O’Hara paid $165,000 and Catholic Schools NSW, a peak body for the approximately 600 private diocese Catholic schools, through decisions made by executive Dallas McInerney donated over $250,000.[33][34]

Preselection procedures

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In 2018, the New South Wales Liberal Party agreed to adopt new rules for preselecting candidates, which were championed by former Prime Minister and incumbent Liberal member for Warringah Tony Abbott who is aligned with the right wing faction of the party. The rules, known as Warringah rules, gave local branches the right to hold plebiscites involving all eligible branch members to choose local, state and federal candidates. The party's state executive and the state council would still get 25% of the votes. It was reported that the right faction pushed for the rules as it believed members were more conservative than the state executive which were controlled by moderate members of the party.[35]

2022 federal election

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On 30 November 2021, the party was unable to hold its scheduled Annual General Meeting (AGM) to select members of the state executive due to complications from COVID-19.[36] Immigration Minister Alex Hawke, who was the representative of federal party leader and Prime Minister Scott Morrison, also allegedly failed to attend internal Liberal Party nomination review committee meetings.

Not holding an AGM could constitute a breach in the party constitution, which meant that the state executive could not continue in office after 28 February 2022, and this would mean that the federal executive would have to step in to choose New South Wales candidates for 2022 federal election, due in May 2022. The Supreme Court of New South Wales ruled that the state executive could still continue after this date.[37] On 2 March 2022, the state executive tried to fast-track pre-selection plebiscites in seats that did not have candidates finalised, by overriding the constitutional requirements for plebiscites with special powers. However, this did not attain the required 90% state executive support to do so.[38][39][35] On 4 March, the federal executive voted to temporarily dissolve the state party and a committee was set up to take over the management of the state party until 8 March, "in accordance with clause 12.3 of the federal constitution of the Liberal Party". The committee, made up of Morrison, Perrottet, and former party president Chris McDiven, had direct control in endorsing candidates without preselection challenges.[40][41] The committee confirmed the pre-selection of three incumbent federal members of parliament, two of whom were ministers on 8 March.[42] The federal executive also gave the state party until 25 March 2022 to finalise candidates in other federal seats. While the Senate candidates could be finalised, the state party was still unable to do so for a number of seats by 27 March 2022. As a result, on that day, the federal executive voted to temporarily dissolve the state party for the second time and appointed the same Morrison-led committee to preselect candidates in other remaining unfinalised seats until 2 April.[43] Pre-selection ballots intended to be held for these seats in the coming week were all cancelled.

Members who opposed overriding local branch preselection include Sydney businessman Matthew Camenzuli, who was a member of the state executive. As of 30 March 2022, these members had brought the matter to court, seeking to challenge the legitimacy of the committee's preselection of the three incumbent members of parliament on 8 March 2022 and nine other candidates on 2 April 2022.[35] Morrison and Perrottet have urged them to take the matter to the High Court of Australia instead so that the result cannot be appealed further. On 5 April, the New South Wales Court of Appeal ruled that the court had no jurisdiction to make decisions relating to the constitutions of political parties, thereby ruling the preselection of the 12 candidates valid.[44] Camenzuli brought the matter further to High Court for appeal but it was dismissed on 8 April.[45] Camenzuli was also expelled from the party.[46]

Leadership

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Leader of the Liberal Party
Incumbent
Kellie Sloane
since 21 November 2025
Inaugural holderReginald Weaver
Formation20 April 1945
DeputyNatalie Ward

The position of leader of the Liberal Party of Australia New South Wales Division is a formal role held by a Liberal member of the Parliament of New South Wales. As the Liberal Party has, since its foundation in 1945, been either the largest or second largest party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, its leader is usually either the Premier or the Leader of the Opposition, depending on the majority or minority respectively of the party. The current leader of the Liberal Party is Kellie Sloane, and the deputy leader is Natalie Ward.

The role is selected by state members of the parliamentary party, but the position is non-fixed in duration, and is usually only vacated upon resignation, retirement from politics, or a spill motion with the support of the majority of the parliamentary members.

The leader only has a role in a parliamentary context; the party division as a whole is governed by a President and Vice-Presidents, who act on the advice of the party division's Director and Deputy Directors. The division also gathers annually at a State Conference to vote on and develop policy to be used by the party's elected representatives. The majority of the twenty Liberal Leaders resigned after losing elections or were deposed by other parliamentary members.


Parliamentary party leaders

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# Party leader Portrait Electorate

while leader

 Tenure Election contested Premier
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Reginald Weaver

(1876–1945)
Neutral Bay20 April 194512 November 1945206 daysNone McKell (1941–1947)
2 Alexander Mair

(1889–1969)
Albury13 November 194520 March 1946127 daysNone
3 Sir Vernon Treatt

(1897–1984)
Woollahra20 March 194610 August 19548 years, 143 days1947

1950 1953
McGirr (1947–1952)
Cahill (1952–1959)
4 Murray Robson

(1906–1974)
Vaucluse17 August 195420 September 19551 year, 34 daysNone
5 Pat Morton

(1910–1999)
Mosman20 September 195517 July 19593 years, 300 days1956

1959
6 Sir Robert Askin

(1907–1981)
Collaroy

(to 1973)

 17 July 1959 3 January 1975 15 years, 170 days 1962

1965 1968 1971 1973
Heffron (1959–1964)
Pittwater

(from 1973)

 Renshaw (1964–1965)
Himself (1965–1975)
7 Tom Lewis

(1922–2016)
Wollondilly3 January 197523 January 19761 year, 20 daysNone Himself (1975–1976)
8 Sir Eric Willis

(1922–1999)
Earlwood23 January 197616 December 19771 year, 327 days1976 Himself (1976–1976)
Wran (1976–1986)
9 Peter Coleman

(1928–2019)
Fuller16 December 19777 October 1978295 days1978
10 John Mason

(1928–)

 Dubbo24 October 197829 May 19812 years, 217 daysNone
11 Bruce McDonald

(1935–)

 Kirribilli1 June 198112 October 1981133 days1981
12 John Dowd

(1940–)

 Lane Cove20 October 198115 March 19831 year, 146 daysNone
13 Nick Greiner

(1947–)
Ku-ring-gai 15 March 1983 24 June 1992 9 years, 101 days 1984

1988 1991
Unsworth (1986–1988)
Himself (1988–1992)
14 John Fahey

(1945–2020)

 Southern Highlands24 June 19924 April 19952 years, 284 days1995 Himself (1992–1995)
15 Peter Collins

(1947–)

 Willoughby4 April 19957 December 19983 years, 247 daysNone Carr (1995–2005)
16 Kerry Chikarovski

(1956–)
Lane Cove7 December 199828 March 20023 years, 111 days1999
17 John Brogden

(1969–)
Pittwater 28 March 2002 29 August 2005 3 years, 154 days 2003
Iemma (2005–2008)
18 Peter Debnam

(1954–)
Vaucluse1 September 20054 April 20071 year, 218 days2007
19 Barry O'Farrell

(1959–)
Ku-ring-gai 4 April 2007 16 April 2014 7 years, 9 days 2011
Rees (2008–2009)
Keneally (2009–2011)
Himself (2011–2014)
20 Mike Baird

(1968–)
Manly17 April 201423 January 20172 years, 282 days2015 Himself (2014–2017)
21 Gladys Berejiklian

(1970–)
Willoughby23 January 20175 October 20214 years, 255 days2019 Herself (2017–2021)
22 Dominic Perrottet

(1982–)
Epping5 October 202125 March 20231 year, 171 days2023 Himself (2021–2023)
23 Mark Speakman

(1959–)
Cronulla21 April 202320 November 20252 years, 213 daysNone Minns (2023–)
24 Kellie Sloane

(1973–)
Vaucluse21 November 2025incumbent279 daysNone

Deputy leaders

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Party LeaderStart of TermEnd of Term
Athol Richardson19451945
Vernon Treatt19461946
Walter Howarth19461954
Robert Askin19541959
Eric Willis19591975
John Maddison19751977
John Mason19771978
Bruce McDonald19781981
Jim Cameron19811981
Kevin Rozzoli19811983
Rosemary Foot19831986
Peter Collins19861992
Bruce Baird19921994
Kerry Chikarovski19941995
Ron Phillips19951999
Barry O'Farrell19992002
Chris Hartcher20022003
Barry O'Farrell20032007
Jillian Skinner20072014
Gladys Berejiklian20142017
Dominic Perrottet20172021
Stuart Ayres20212022
Matt Kean20222023
Natalie Ward2023present

Electoral performance

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Legislative Assembly

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Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Status
1947 Vernon Treatt 470,485 29.60
18 / 90
 Increase 6 Increase 2nd Opposition
1950 604,428 37.51
29 / 94
 Increase 11 Steady 2nd Opposition
1953 432,739 27.94
22 / 94
 Decrease 9 Steady 2nd Opposition
1956 Pat Morton 594,740 35.11
27 / 94
 Increase 5 Steady 2nd Opposition
1959 603,718 35.35
28 / 94
 Increase 1 Steady 2nd Opposition
1962 Bob Askin 671,716 34.85
25 / 94
 Decrease 3 Steady 2nd Opposition
1965 807,868 39.59
31 / 94
 Increase 6 Increase 1st Minority coalition
1968 831,514 38.47
39 / 94
 Increase 4 Decrease 2nd Majority coalition
1971 799,801 35.74
32 / 96
 Decrease 7 Steady 2nd Majority coalition
1973 843,325 33.85
34 / 99
 Increase 2 Steady 2nd Majority coalition
1976 Eric Willis 978,886 36.29
30 / 99
 Decrease 4 Steady 2nd Opposition
1978 Peter Coleman 754,796 26.98
18 / 99
 Decrease 12 Steady 2nd Opposition
1981 Bruce McDonald 775,463 27.62
14 / 99
 Decrease 4 Steady 2nd Opposition
1984 Nick Greiner 967,395 32.17
22 / 99
 Increase 8 Steady 2nd Opposition
1988 1,147,613 35.80
39 / 109
 Increase 17 Steady 2nd Majority coalition
1991 1,053,100 34.16
32 / 99
 Decrease 7 Steady 2nd Minority coalition
1995 John Fahey 1,121,190 32.84
29 / 99
 Decrease 3 Steady 2nd Opposition
1999 Kerry Chikarovski 927,368 24.82
20 / 93
 Decrease 9 Steady 2nd Opposition
2003 John Brogden 944,888 24.72
20 / 93
 Steady 0 Steady 2nd Opposition
2007 Peter Debnam 1,061,269 26.94
22 / 93
 Increase 2 Steady 2nd Opposition
2011 Barry O'Farrell 1,602,457 38.58
51 / 93
 Increase 29 Increase 1st Majority coalition
2015 Mike Baird 1,545,168 35.08
37 / 93
 Decrease 14 Steady 1st Majority coalition
2019 Gladys Berejiklian 1,456,010 31.99
35 / 93
 Decrease 2 Decrease 2nd Majority coalition
2023 Dominic Perrottet 1,259,253 26.78
25 / 93
 Decrease 10 Steady 2nd Opposition

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Appointed due to federal intervention.

References

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  1. ↑ Smith, Alexandra (3 September 2024). "NSW Liberals forced into 10-month federal takeover after council fiasco". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024. Former NSW state director Chris Stone has been drafted back to the party in a temporary role after his successor Richard Shields was sacked over the debacle. Harwin initially survived, heaping all the blame on Shields and threatening legal action against the NSW Electoral Commission.
  2. ↑ "Our History". nswliberal.org.au. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  3. ↑ Maddison, Max (1 June 2023). "NSW Liberal membership declines as battle over democracy heats up". The Australian. Retrieved 16 August 2024. Handed to state executive members on Friday evening, the leaked snapshot of the Liberal division's membership underlines the continuing existential struggle the major parties have in attracting millennials and Gen Z-ers to their cause. The research revealed the party's membership marginally increased to 12,963 as of May, a rise of 585; with 10,319 fee-paying and 2018 non-financial members. The figure has slipped from 13,376 at the end of 2019, and about 70,000 in 1970.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. 1 2 Politics and Policy in Australia's States and Territories. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. 2025. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-95071-1. ISBN 978-3-031-95070-4. Retrieved 22 August 2026. Along with 'culture wars' and 'war on woke', 'climate wars' has become synonymous with divisions between social liberals and social conservatives and begins to speak to pre-existing divisions within the NSW Liberal Party, where the moderates (with generally more social liberal values) have held sway for a number of years.
  5. ↑ Rose, Tamsin (22 March 2022). "NSW Liberal MP criticised after speaking at anti-vaccination rally". The Guardian.
  6. ↑ "Constitution of the Liberal Party of Australia, New South Wales Division" (PDF). elections.nsw.gov.au. New South Wales Liberal Party. 5 August 2022. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2023. The name of the Division is 'The Liberal Party of Australia, New South Wales Division'.
  7. ↑ "U.A.P. Dissolved - New Body In N.S.W." The West Australian. 9 November 1943. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Agreement Reached by 3 Non-Labor Parties - C.P. Gives Support, Preserves Identity". The Daily Telegraph. 5 November 1943. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "L.D. Delegates Walked Out". The Herald. 24 November 1943. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Labor Haters Won't Talk "Unity" With Menzies At Helm". Worker. 4 September 1944. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  11. ↑ ""Democratic Party" Formed". Sydney Morning Herald. 25 November 1943. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  12. ↑ "Democratic Party". The Mercury. 10 December 1943. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  13. ↑ "Mr Mair resigns". Sydney Morning Herald 10 February 1944 p4. Australian National Library. 10 February 1944. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
  14. ↑ "Election prospects: Discord in opposition". Sydney Morning Herald 24 May 1944 p2. Australian National Library. 24 May 1944. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
  15. ↑ "Parties will unite". Sydney Morning Herald 26 August 1944 p4. Australian National Library. 26 August 1944. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
  16. ↑ "Forming the Liberal Party of Australia - Record of the Conference of Representatives of Non-Labor Organisations" (PDF). 16 October 1944. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  17. ↑ "Executives Elected By Liberals". The Daily Telegraph. 5 January 1945. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  18. ↑ "Mr. W. H. Spooner Elected Chairman Liberal Party". The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. 9 January 1945. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  19. ↑ "Liberal Democratic Party dissolved". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 16 January 1945. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  20. ↑ "Democratic Party". Barrier Miner. 16 January 1945. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  21. ↑ "Why Mr. Weaver Resigned". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 March 1945. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  22. ↑ "Mr. Weaver to Remain in Liberal Party". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 March 1945. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  23. ↑ "The first Liberal for 30 years". The Sun. 11 February 1945. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  24. ↑ "Liberal Party - Parliamentary Section Formed". National Advocate. 21 April 1945. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  25. ↑ "Change of Name for Parlt. Party". The Daily Telegraph. 21 April 1945. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  26. ↑ Maddison, Max; Smith, Alexandra; Gorrey, Megan (14 August 2024). "NSW Liberals in chaos as party fails to nominate council candidates". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  27. ↑ Dole, Nick (3 September 2024). "Federal Liberals' plan to take over NSW division hits hurdle after former MP refuses administration role". ABC News. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  28. ↑ Parkes-Hupton, Heath (9 June 2023). "Arrest warrant granted for Sydney developer Jean Nassif over alleged fraud offences". ABC News. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  29. ↑ Al-Khouri, Chantelle (27 July 2026). "Jean Nassif allegedly wanted to use Perrottet brothers to influence government decisions, ICAC hears". ABC News. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  30. ↑ Davies, Anne (27 July 2026). "Secret tape recordings and 'sham' payments: the Liberals' internal ideological war laid bare". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  31. ↑ Buckley, Penry (21 August 2026). "Former NSW Liberal minister tells Icac 'cult took over the party'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
  32. ↑ Holmes, Dan (27 July 2026). "ICAC NSW hears of plot to remove building commissioner". The Mandarin. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  33. ↑ Shields, Bevan (28 July 2026). "ICAC Operation Rosny revelation of Catholic Schools rort as a 'running joke' won't be funny to taxpayers". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  34. ↑ Shields, Bevan (27 July 2026). "Operation Rosny ICAC: How Michael O'Hara funded a NSW Liberal Party takeover from the Reformers". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  35. 1 2 3 Davcies, Anne; Karp, Paul (30 March 2022). "NSW Liberal preselection crisis: why Morrison and Perrottet want to rush case to high court". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  36. ↑ Cockburn, Paige (24 February 2022). "Court asked to rule in long-running Liberal Party power struggle over who gets to choose candidates in NSW seats". ABC News. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024.
  37. ↑ "Court settles stoush between Liberal Party NSW and federal executives". ABC News. 25 February 2022. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024.
  38. ↑ Davies, Anne (2 March 2022). "NSW Liberals to consider fresh preselection plan to avoid federal intervention". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024.
  39. ↑ Davies, Anne (2 March 2022). "Preselection peace deal blocked by NSW Liberals executive but could form basis of federal intervention". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024.
  40. ↑ Osborne, Paul (4 March 2022). "Federal Liberals step in over NSW stoush". AAP – via 7News.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  41. ↑ Cockburn, Gerard; Barlow, Karen (4 March 2022). "Federal arm of Liberal Party takes over NSW branch for not complying with preselection rules". Canberra Times.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  42. ↑ Gianni, Dominic (8 March 2022). "PM avoids minister pre-selection stoush". AAP. Retrieved 30 March 2022 – via 7News.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  43. ↑ Cockburn, Gerard (27 March 2022). "Scott Morrison, Dominic Perrottet and Christine McDiven take over NSW Liberals branch for second time in a month". Canberra Times.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  44. ↑ Cockburn, Paige (5 April 2022). "Scott Morrison's court win as appeal against NSW Liberal pre-selections dismissed". ABC News. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024.
  45. ↑ Byrne, Elizabeth; Worthington, Brett (8 April 2022). "High Court throws out challenge to NSW Liberal preselections, clearing way for Prime Minister to call federal election". ABC News. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  46. ↑ Thompson, Angus; Koziol, Michael (7 April 2022). "Liberal preselection challenger kicked out of party due to court case". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
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