‘At peril of not getting winnable spot’: Perin Davey to face pre-selection battle this week

Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell says Nationals Deputy leader Perin Davey is set to face a pre-selection battle against two other contenders. Ms Davey will go against Federal Secretary Juliana McArthur and David Lamb on Friday. “We saw yesterday Peter Dutton with his re-vamped frontbench, Perin Davey retained the water portfolio in that reshuffle yesterday, but she could be out of the parliament if she’s not successful on Friday,” Mr Clennell said. “It’s a close race – you can see that Perin Davey is at peril of not getting that winnable spot on the Coalition ticket at the next election.” Nationals sources have indicated that Ms Davey and Ms McArthur have about 20 votes each, while Mr Lamb has about 10, and 20 are undecided.