In short:

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's defection to the Liberal Party has been criticised by some insiders as an attempt to assist the party's conservative wing.

But she says the Liberal Party needs strong people "more than ever" in the wake of its election loss.

What's next?

The Liberal Party is expected to meet at 10am on Tuesday in Canberra to elect a leader of the opposition and a deputy.

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[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 19 hours ago

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's defection to the Liberal Party...

This really is trying hard to make it sound like she's left the Nationals party and joined the Liberal party, when the reality is that she's a Country Liberal Party (CLP) member that, as is her right, has changed her choice of which caucus she sits with.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

It's kinda crazy how quickly she's filled the void of my most-disliked-politician left by Dutton.

She just seems so willing to throw anything and everything under the bus for personal advancement.

The Liberals and Nationals love her because she's an Aboriginal person who sane-washes their racist positions. She's undermining decades of progress towards equality and equity for her people. Does she honestly believe her advancement is based on merit?

This defection is clearly self serving as well. Switching parties seems kinda antithetical to representing your constituents when you've spent the last 6 weeks standing on policies which you've now discarded. Did she have a mandate from her constituents to join the Liberals? Hardly.