It’s been two years since NSW Labor members resoundingly elected Jodi McKay to represent them as leader of the parliamentary party. But the exercise won’t be repeated, if many in the NSW Labor caucus have anything to say about it.

As we went to print on Wednesday, manoeuvrings and compromises were being hammered out to avoid the contested ballot that would result in rank and file members once more being asked to adjudicate, following McKay’s resignation last week.