The former premier and deputy premier did not attend this week’s parliamentary sitting.
Meanwhile,Holsworthy MP Melanie Gibbons on Wednesday announced she would be quitting state politics to run for Liberal preselection for the federal seat of Hughes,and will earn more than $16,000 a month under her parliamentary secretary role until she resigns.
Opposition Leader Chris Minns on Thursday called for the group of coalition MPs to lodge their resignations and stop wasting taxpayer money.
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“There’s now three Lib-Nat MPs who are planning to leave on their own accord,” he said. “The bottom line is,if you’re going to go,go.”
Mr Constance said he planned to see out the parliamentary term,which ends in about a month,and wanted to resign only after his community of Bega was out of lockdown.
“Last week Chris Minns was calling on me to stay,now he’s asking me to go,” Mr Constance said.