A motion of no confidence against the NSW deputy premier will be debated tomorrow.
John Barilaro is still causing headaches for the Berejikilian government with questions about his leadership and the fragile state of the Liberal-National coalition dominating question time in the NSW Parliament.
Transport Minister Andrew Constance was defiant when asked about his remark last week:"Leadership is not what we saw on display". "I will never, ever walk away from what I said," he said. Liberal Police Minister David Elliott had also taken shots at Mr Barilaro last week, saying he had committed"the greatest act of political bastardry in quite some time" and his position was untenable.John Barilaro's position as NSW Nationals leader 'untenable' after backflip on koala policy
Mr Barilaro faced the Nationals party room on Tuesday morning followed by a coalition joint party meeting which Ms Berejiklian later insisted was"cordial" and"extremely constructive".
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