Liberal leadership battle LIVE: Jacinta Price answers the question on the mind of every Aussie – as she sensationally DEFECTS to the Liberals

Published on: May 8, 2025

By MAX AITCHISON, POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA and PETER VAN ONSELEN, POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 23:34 BST, 8 May 2025 | Updated: 23:51 BST, 8 May 2025

Follow Daily Mail Australia’s live coverage of the aftermath of Labor’s landslide election win as some seats go down to the wire and the Liberal party leadership race heats up.

Jacinta Price asked if she wanted to lead the Liberal Party

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was asked directly on Friday morning if she harboured ambitions to one day lead the Liberal Party – and eventually become PM.

The current Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians certainly didn’t deny it, telling 2GB’s Ben Fordham that it was a ‘massive ask’.
‘I certainly need to be able to learn the ropes and understand how to be able to support the Australian people to the best of my capacity,’ she said.

Senator Price insisted each and every day her sole focus was about how we ‘espouse Australian values?’

‘How do we get our country into a position that is a hell of a lot better than it currently is?’, she asked.

‘And what is it the Australian people need and are all asking for?

‘Those are a lot of considerations. You don’t take any decision lightly at all, and for me, ultimately, it will always go back to the fact that under circumstances for our most marginalised, their lives need to improve, they’re not going to improve under Labor’s labours watch – they never have.’

Sussan Ley announces leadership bid

Sussan Ley has announced she will run for the Liberal Party leadership, and candidly admitted that the party had failed women during the election campaign.

If susccessful, she would become the first woman to lead the Liberal Party.

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