A 96-hour civil war between the NSW Liberals and Nationals was resolved late on Monday night with negotiations brokered by former premier Dominic Perrottet.
A Dominic Perrottet-brokered peace deal has ensured the NSW Coalition will remain together after 96 hours of civil war, with the Nationals conceding renegade MP Wes Fang has been sacked.
Plans for a joint statement to be released at 5.30pm on Monday dissipated, according to sources privy to the matter, raising fears the Liberal party room could take the unprecedented, nuclear option to disband the Coalition after days of disagreement. Senior Liberal sources said Speakman and Saunders had several direct phone calls on Monday evening, with negotiations over the wording of the release and including agreeing to the timing of the release.Senior Liberal MPs had called for calm on Monday, warning a split would only serve the Minns Labor government. But with neither Speakman nor Saunders willing to budge, MPs were bracing themselves for the worst outcome.
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