ANALYSIS: 'It's in nobody's interests for her to go': Bridget McKenzie likely to survive sport grants scandal
But even in his role as Prime Minister, Mr Morrison has little to no control over the National Party and any decision to sack Senator McKenzie would ultimately have to be made by its leader, Michael McCormack.At this stage, there is a broad view that unless there is a dramatic development Senator McKenzie can survive this scandal.
She has been badly damaged but as one Coalition MP put it to the ABC:"It's in nobody's interests for her to go." Think of the house of MP cards that could collapse if she were to take the fall for a program that delivered money to so many of her colleagues' electorates, from the Prime Minister's down.
"If this was done in concert with the Prime Minister's office, it'll be hard to hang her out," another Coalition MP said.
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