TheHerald reported that nominations for the seat had been pushed back to January 14 specifically to give Ms Berejiklian more time to weigh up her options.
The ICAC will not report back publicly before the January date but on Sunday a senior Liberal who did not wish to be identified due to the sensitive nature of the talks said the corruption watchdog’s inquiry was not a consideration for Ms Berejiklian in whether she runs.
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“The feds clearly don’t care and I don’t think the public cares either,” the Liberal Party source said. “The ICAC has clearly made up its mind,everyone knows what it’s going to say.
“The main question is does she really want to throw her life back into politics after a massive five years[as premier]. What does she want for this next chapter?”
Ms Berejiklian had told those in the party two weeks ago that she was not prepared to take on independent Zali Steggall in a bid to win back a once safe Liberal seat. But another Liberal source said she has “walked it back considerably” in recent days.
“I have no idea why,” they said. “But two weeks ago it was,not doing this,no way.