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Please explain: Liberal MPs Garry Edwards, Bart Bassett and Craig Baumann. Photo: Ben Rushton, Cole Bennetts

The NSW Liberals have ramped up the pressure on three MPs who appeared before the Independent Commission Against Corruption's inquiry into political donations, asking that they clarify by November 17 whether or not they have broken state or federal laws.

The letter from Liberal Party state director Tony Nutt to Londonderry MP Bart Bassett, Swansea MP Garry Edwards and Port Stephens MP Craig Baumann, making the request comes amid a push for them to resign from the party.

But the MPs who have resigned from the parliamentary party but remain members of the broader organisation have dismissed the call. Mr Edwards and Mr Baumann are preselected for their seats, while Mr Bassett is seeking preselection.

In a letter to Premier Mike Baird about his decision, Mr Nutt notes the Liberal Party constitution empowers him to suspend or expel a member "whose conduct may constitute an offence under a state or federal law".

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He says he will direct the attention of the MPs "to evidence they [and others] gave at the public hearings of the ICAC held earlier this year".

The ICAC heard Mr Baumann took $79,684 in secret donations from developers Jeff McCloy and Hilton Grugeon and hid payments by issuing "sham" invoices.

It heard allegations a company associated with coal mogul Nathan Tinkler made an illegal donation of $18,000 for Mr Bassett's campaign in December 2010, while Mr McCloy admitted he gave cash in an envelope to Mr Edwards before the 2011 election.

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A new study shows that emotions have a greater influence on liberals than conservatives.

While the study, conducted by researchers at Tel Aviv University and the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and possible steps towards its resolution, researchers say the findings apply to other cultures, including liberals and conservatives in the United States.

We would expect to find similar results among rightists and leftists in other cultures, including conservatives and liberals in the U.S., because of the cross-cultural similarities in the superstructure of ideology and the needs associated with rightist versus leftist ideology and because of how these factors relate to emotional processes and their outcomes, stated lead researcher Ruthie Pliskin, a doctoral student in social psychology.

For their study, the researchers conducted six experiments to examine emotions, ideology, and how they act together to affect support for policies.

The first two studies focused on intergroup empathy, while the third study examined the interactive influence of ideology and despair on support for policies, the researchers explained.

Participants in the study identified themselves as being at different points along the right (conservative) and left (liberal) ideological spectrum.

The researchers devised a number of scenarios for the studies.

We selected our different scenarios with the aim of tackling both positive and negative developments in intergroup conflicts, eliciting a range of different emotions towards the out-group and the situation, referring to different types of out-groups, and among different in-groups, Pliskin explained.

Furthermore, we wanted to utilize both contrived, controlled scenarios, and major real-world developments, reflecting real and possible political developments.

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