>Firebrand senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is demanding a plum role in Angus Taylor’s frontbench reshuffle, declaring “I’m back baby”, while making no apologies for her unfounded claims against Indian voters which cost her a previous shadow role.
>The senator put on notice anyone who tries to demote her again, throwing down the challenge to Taylor, the newly elected opposition leader, as he works out who will fill roles in his shadow cabinet.
>Price switched from sitting in the Nationals party room to the Liberals last year and announced she would run as Taylor’s deputy leader in his bid for the Liberal leadership following last year’s election.
>But when Taylor narrowly lost the party room vote to Sussan Ley, Price opted not to nominate for deputy leader.
>Price is highly popular among segments of Liberal and Nationals voters, many of whom are being courted by Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, and she’s also a successful fundraiser.
>“I’m back, baby. I’m back,” Price said with a laugh during an appearance on The Karl Stefanovic Show published on Sunday.
>“Don’t worry about that. I was having a breather, but the fire is back.”
>Price said that while she felt for Ley, the opposition needed a new leader and a change of direction.
>She also claimed that she was “thrown under the bus” by her colleagues when she was sacked from her role as defence industry spokeswoman by Ley last September.
>Ley made the move after Price’s comments on ABC that Labor was bringing in Indian migrants to win votes. She subsequently refused to apologise for those comments or express her support for Ley’s leadership.
>“I’ve forgiven them [her colleagues],” Price said.
>Senator Jessica Collins, Angus Taylor, Senator Sarah Henderson, Andrew Hastie and Senator Price, together with other Liberal MPs and senators, arrive for a Liberal party room meeting late last year.
Senator Jessica Collins, Angus Taylor, Senator Sarah Henderson, Andrew Hastie and Senator Price, together with other Liberal MPs and senators, arrive for a Liberal party room meeting late last year.Alex Ellinghausen
“I don’t know that [they won’t try again], but I will be on my bloody game if they attempt to do that again. I’m not transactional, I’ve learnt a lot about that in recent times.
>“Behind the scenes, people try to be transactional, I’m like ‘you can stick that where the sun doesn’t shine’.
>Ley posts videos in attempt to clean up mess after Price comments about Indian community
“If you want to have a go at me, come at me to my face, and I think one of my colleagues learnt that the hard way. I will call you out if you want to have a go.”
>Price referred to her dispute with fellow Liberal Alex Hawke and refused to apologise for the remarks, accusing the ABC of “weaponising” her comments, despite them being republished by many outlets at the time.
>“Don’t try to gaslight me or accuse me of something I’ve done or haven’t done, and don’t try to force me to apologise for something that doesn’t require an apology,” Price said.
>“Don’t apologise on my behalf, either. You don’t need to speak on behalf of my voice as a woman or an Aboriginal woman to that end.”
>Price said that if she had her time again, she would “articulate” her point better.
>“I won’t fall for the ABC and the way they like to interview to try to catch those moments,” Price said.
>“The weaponisation of things like that, where a straw-man argument is created when the topic is important to the Australian people and just articulate that point a little better, so it is clearer.”
>Jacinta Nampijinpa Price publicly backed Angus Taylor’s bid to lead the Liberal Party.
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price publicly backed Angus Taylor’s bid to lead the Liberal Party.James Brickwood, Alex Ellinghausen
As Taylor works on his frontbench, Price gave him a ringing endorsement.
>New Liberal leader Angus Taylor, pictured with his deputy Jane Hume, is expected to announce his new line-up in the coming days.
Political leadership
Hastie, Price likely to return to frontbench as Taylor eyes new team
“He’s not a bloody idiot. Gus is a good bloke. I’ve had the privilege of spending a bit of time with him and his wife and his kids,” she said.
>“But you know who needs to zip their lips? Malcolm Turnbull. That bloke. You are done. You are dusted. You are a has-been. Please move on, Malcolm. We don’t want to hear your ramblings any more.”
>She also made it clear that she would be heard, whether on the frontbench or not.
>“I’m raring to go. This energy can’t be wasted, it is going to go somewhere if it is not somewhere on the frontbench,” Price said.
>The senator said she saw herself as a Liberal despite “everyone begging me” to join One Nation. She also defended Pauline Hanson as “not a racist” and said she shared values with One Nation.
>“Elections are won on the middle ground, and I see myself as centre right,” Price said.
>“One Nation is a little more right. I’m happy where I am.”
>When Stefanovic asked whether she would never go to One Nation, Price left herself some room to move.
>“Pretty much,” Price said with a laugh.
Limo_Wreck77 on
Please put her on the front bench.
Its big mouth idiots like this which will help make them unelectable.
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>Firebrand senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is demanding a plum role in Angus Taylor’s frontbench reshuffle, declaring “I’m back baby”, while making no apologies for her unfounded claims against Indian voters which cost her a previous shadow role.
>The senator put on notice anyone who tries to demote her again, throwing down the challenge to Taylor, the newly elected opposition leader, as he works out who will fill roles in his shadow cabinet.
>Price switched from sitting in the Nationals party room to the Liberals last year and announced she would run as Taylor’s deputy leader in his bid for the Liberal leadership following last year’s election.
>But when Taylor narrowly lost the party room vote to Sussan Ley, Price opted not to nominate for deputy leader.
>Price is highly popular among segments of Liberal and Nationals voters, many of whom are being courted by Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, and she’s also a successful fundraiser.
>“I’m back, baby. I’m back,” Price said with a laugh during an appearance on The Karl Stefanovic Show published on Sunday.
>“Don’t worry about that. I was having a breather, but the fire is back.”
>Price said that while she felt for Ley, the opposition needed a new leader and a change of direction.
>She also claimed that she was “thrown under the bus” by her colleagues when she was sacked from her role as defence industry spokeswoman by Ley last September.
>Ley made the move after Price’s comments on ABC that Labor was bringing in Indian migrants to win votes. She subsequently refused to apologise for those comments or express her support for Ley’s leadership.
>“I’ve forgiven them [her colleagues],” Price said.
>Senator Jessica Collins, Angus Taylor, Senator Sarah Henderson, Andrew Hastie and Senator Price, together with other Liberal MPs and senators, arrive for a Liberal party room meeting late last year.
Senator Jessica Collins, Angus Taylor, Senator Sarah Henderson, Andrew Hastie and Senator Price, together with other Liberal MPs and senators, arrive for a Liberal party room meeting late last year.Alex Ellinghausen
“I don’t know that [they won’t try again], but I will be on my bloody game if they attempt to do that again. I’m not transactional, I’ve learnt a lot about that in recent times.
>“Behind the scenes, people try to be transactional, I’m like ‘you can stick that where the sun doesn’t shine’.
>Ley posts videos in attempt to clean up mess after Price comments about Indian community
“If you want to have a go at me, come at me to my face, and I think one of my colleagues learnt that the hard way. I will call you out if you want to have a go.”
>Price referred to her dispute with fellow Liberal Alex Hawke and refused to apologise for the remarks, accusing the ABC of “weaponising” her comments, despite them being republished by many outlets at the time.
>“Don’t try to gaslight me or accuse me of something I’ve done or haven’t done, and don’t try to force me to apologise for something that doesn’t require an apology,” Price said.
>“Don’t apologise on my behalf, either. You don’t need to speak on behalf of my voice as a woman or an Aboriginal woman to that end.”
>Price said that if she had her time again, she would “articulate” her point better.
>“I won’t fall for the ABC and the way they like to interview to try to catch those moments,” Price said.
>“The weaponisation of things like that, where a straw-man argument is created when the topic is important to the Australian people and just articulate that point a little better, so it is clearer.”
>Jacinta Nampijinpa Price publicly backed Angus Taylor’s bid to lead the Liberal Party.
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price publicly backed Angus Taylor’s bid to lead the Liberal Party.James Brickwood, Alex Ellinghausen
As Taylor works on his frontbench, Price gave him a ringing endorsement.
>New Liberal leader Angus Taylor, pictured with his deputy Jane Hume, is expected to announce his new line-up in the coming days.
Political leadership
Hastie, Price likely to return to frontbench as Taylor eyes new team
“He’s not a bloody idiot. Gus is a good bloke. I’ve had the privilege of spending a bit of time with him and his wife and his kids,” she said.
>“But you know who needs to zip their lips? Malcolm Turnbull. That bloke. You are done. You are dusted. You are a has-been. Please move on, Malcolm. We don’t want to hear your ramblings any more.”
>She also made it clear that she would be heard, whether on the frontbench or not.
>“I’m raring to go. This energy can’t be wasted, it is going to go somewhere if it is not somewhere on the frontbench,” Price said.
>The senator said she saw herself as a Liberal despite “everyone begging me” to join One Nation. She also defended Pauline Hanson as “not a racist” and said she shared values with One Nation.
>“Elections are won on the middle ground, and I see myself as centre right,” Price said.
>“One Nation is a little more right. I’m happy where I am.”
>When Stefanovic asked whether she would never go to One Nation, Price left herself some room to move.
>“Pretty much,” Price said with a laugh.
Please put her on the front bench.
Its big mouth idiots like this which will help make them unelectable.