Jacinta Nampijinpa Price formally put a hat on the deputy liberal leadership and joined the votes of shadow treasurer Angus Taylor.
This is a few days after Nampijinpa Price defected from the National Party Room, where the National Liberal Senator has been sitting since his election in 2019.
The decision brought “a responsibility that I fully accept”, she said in a statement.
“No doubt it’s important to go back to our roots now,” she wrote.
“If we want to inspire and empower Australians in our country, we must go back to these basic values (those basic values) that define our identity as partisans.”
The statement is a video posted on social media by Taylor and Nampijinpa Price in the conversation. The senator said in the video that both of them were “so enthusiastic” to Australia, the party and the coalition.
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“I’ve been a fighter all my life and I think we’re in a great position to come back from it and be strong… You have an incredible experience behind you and I’m so glad to have you become a mentor,” Nampijinpa Price said.
“We are passionate about this country, our political parties and the entire alliance.”
The votes for the next leader and deputy leader will be held on Tuesday, the same day the new Albanian will be sworn in.
Deputy leader Sussan Ley officially announced her leadership campaign on Friday, but it is unclear who will run for her deputy with her.
After a controversial defection, it stimulated anger and "disappointment" within the National Party, and Price's leadership tendency also attracted some attention from the liberal party.
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The announcement came Friday, after a freelance source told the Guardian that Australia's Nampijinpa Price was "not the answer" for the party's future.
Liberal Senator Dave Sharma was asked on Sky News on Sunday whether it was too early to raise her hand for Nampijinpa Price for her deputy leader.
"She has every right to raise her hands ... people have different views on this issue," he said.
When asked if there were any leader candidates to play the Shadow Cabinet role in exchange for support, Sharma said he would be "shocked" if there was a horse deal, but did not believe it was done.
“I think (if) any potential leadership candidates are in the trade portfolio to seek support, then (they) take the completely wrong approach,” he said.
Ley, also a moderate man, issued his own statement on Friday that said the party needed to "build a new economic narrative."
“We need new policy products to show everyday Australians that we have a plan to help them and their families succeed,” she said.
“We need to rebuild trust in all parts of Australian society and my election as the Liberal leader will send a very strong signal that we know we have to do things differently.”