Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party (SFF) leader Rob Borsak has survived a vote to replace him, raising doubts if other MPs will stay to represent the party at March's NSW state election.
Mr Borsak was facing a challenge to his leadership from Barwon MP Roy Butler, who said fellow members Phil Donato and Mark Banasiak were backing him to take over at Saturday's annual general meeting (AGM) in Singleton in the Hunter Valley.
It's understood concessions were made by Mr Borsak to ward off the challenge from Mr Butler.
It's unclear what specific terms Mr Borsak has agreed to, except that there will be clearer communication between himself and other party members.
Dozens of members who attended voted on the matter and Mr Borsak secured his position as the leader and executive of the Shooters.
Orange MP Mr Donato told the ABC he would decide next week if he would continue to represent the party or leave and run as an independent.
Mr Butler said he would likely stick with the party, but he still has ongoing concerns.
"Yeah at this stage [I'm] still working on trying to sort things out," he said.
"It's not the outcome that I've wanted.
"I've always said that I want to run with the SFF in 2023, that hasn't changed, but I do want to improve things."
Mr Butler said he was pleased the party was able to have an open discussion about internal issues.
"There are some things that people want to see happen around communication and improvements, which are probably not the easiest way to get to that discussion but at least we've got there now.
"I'll persevere, keep trying to improve things and keep trying to keep us all in one piece."
One of the voting members was SFF candidate Sue Gilroy, who is running in the NSW election for the seat of Upper Hunter.
"I'm happy with running as a candidate with the party. I still believe in the party," she said.
"Communications a big one … That was brought up as an area that needed some improvement and certain other things were brought up, so I think they've taken that on board.
"We aired a lot of things that needed to be aired today."
Mr Borsak declined to comment on the outcome of the AGM, calling it "an internal party matter."
