Stay or leave? Speaker Sue Hickey set to make the call on her Liberal Party future
The State Government will find out very soon whether it will be governing in minority with Speaker Sue Hickey ready to announce whether she will leave the Liberal Party.
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SPEAKER Sue Hickey will reveal whether she has decided to leave the Liberal Party – forcing the Hodgman Government into minority – on Friday.
Ms Hickey is expected to hold a press conference at 1pm on Friday to reveal her decision.
She was overlooked for a ministerial role in a Cabinet reshuffle on Sunday.
“This is the second time I’ve been publicly snubbed by the Premier and the Liberal Government so I’m considering my place in the party,” she said.
“It hit me today because I didn’t know anything about this reshuffle until members of the media started ringing me, in which case I called the Premier who told me what was happening.”
Ms Hickey has promised to support the Government on votes of confidence, and to pass budget bills.
But her defection would leave the Liberal Party with 12 members in the 25-seat house.
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