Shock jocks Alan Jones and Ray Hadley have reopened communications with Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
The radio personalities are accused of helping oust former PM Malcolm Turnbull, who boycotted their programs after a series of clashes.
Mr Hadley banned Mr Morrison from his show over a year ago, with the broadcaster saying the then-Treasurer ‘doesn’t say anything’ and had ‘become boring’.
Now, text messages show the pair have been in contact with the new prime minister, with both broadcasters claiming they are prepared to have him on air.
Shock jocks Alan Jones (pictured) and Ray Hadley have reopened communications with Prime Minister Scott Morrison
The radio personalities are accused of being being the ouster of Malcolm Turnbull, who boycotted their programs, and Mr Morrison was banned from Mr Hadley’s (pictured) show
Mr Hadley claimed he contacted Mr Morrison directly to ask him about his offer to make former PM Tony Abbott a special indigenous affairs envoy.
‘Is this a fair dinkum job offer?’ Mr Hadley texted Mr Morrison.
‘Yes, it is a fair dinkum job offer,’ Mr Morrison replied.
Mr Hadley said he then passed the information on to Mr Abbott, ‘as most good broadcasters would do’.
Mr Jones also confirmed he had been in touch with the new Prime Minister, The Australian reported.
‘We’ve communicated. He was on his way to Quilpie [a drought-affected Queensland town], and we’ll be talking in the days ahead,’ he said.
Now new text messages show the pair have been in contact with the new prime minister (pictured), and both broadcasters said they were prepared to have him on air
‘Scott Morrison deserves a clean slate until he dirties it. My view is … he’s a new Prime Minister and deserves the respect that goes with that status.’
Mr Hadley also said he was prepared to ‘repair bridges’, and that he hoped Mr Morrison could do the same with Mr Abbott.
The 2GB hosts were frequent critics of Mr Turnbull, who refused to appear on Mr Jones’ show.
Both are supporters of Mr Abbott, who was involved in Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton’s attempt to seize the leadership last week.
Mr Jones admitted contacting two MPs during the leadership crisis to urge them to dump Mr Turnbull.
He said he told his long-time friend Liberal MP John Alexander ‘this is critical stuff, you’ve got to really think about this, the party’s got to change direction’.
Mr Turnbull spoke about an insurgency ‘backed by powerful voices in the media’ during his concession speech, a comment aimed at Mr Jones, Mr Hadley and Sky News host Peta Credlin.
Mr Hadley claimed he contacted Mr Morrison directly to ask him about an offer to make former Prime Minister Tony Abbott a special indigenous affairs envoy role (pictured is a reproduction of the text message exchange)
Mr Hadley read a text on-air during the leadership crisis he received from a ‘Liberal Party MP’ but a slip-up led to speculation it was sent from Mr Dutton.
2GB removed the on-air stumble from the audio posted online, and Mr Hadley denied the text was from Mr Dutton.
Mr Hadley responded to claims made in the Australian Financial Review that he had a hand in Mr Turnbull’s downfall by downplaying his own influence in politics.
‘I really appreciate the kudos you’re giving me for bringing down a PM. I’m far more powerful than you could ever hope to be but I think the praise is in the wrong direction,’ he said.
‘I think you’ll find that it was 38 consecutive Newspolls that brought him down and a lot of his colleagues who thought he wasn’t up to the job.’
As to when Mr Morrison might appear on the programs, neither Mr Jones nor Mr Hadley were able to confirm a time.
‘When the opportunity arises, I’ll be talking to him,’ Mr Jones said.
The 2GB hosts were frequent critics of Mr Turnbull (pictured), who refused to appear on Mr Jones’ show