The word we’re getting from our public service contacts is that preparations are underway for pre-election “caretaker” mode. This may not be indicative of any intention of the Government to call an early poll. But there is this:
Kerryn Phelps has left open the prospect of voting against the government in a motion of no confidence if she wins Malcolm Turnbull’s former seat of Wentworth tomorrow.
The independent candidate is rated a strong chance of causing an upset in the traditional Liberal stronghold in Sydney’s east in the by-election, costing the Morrison government its one-seat majority.