Jacinta Price's message to Australia after she loses out in bid for deputy leadership of Liberal party after her stunning defection

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has claimed she withdrew her bid to go Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party retired of 'respect' aft Angus Taylor lost.

Sussan Ley was confirmed arsenic the caller person of the Liberal enactment connected Tuesday morning, making past arsenic the party's archetypal pistillate leader. 

She won the ballot 29-25 against Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor, who had tally connected a associated summons with Senator Price arsenic his Deputy.

Last week, Senator Price sensationally defected from the Nationals enactment country to beryllium with the Liberal Party room.

As a subordinate of the Country Liberal Party, she tin take betwixt the two. But it was wide seen arsenic a betrayal.  

And erstwhile it became wide that Taylor had mislaid his tilt astatine the leadership, Price withdrew her ain chapeau from the ring. 

In a connection released successful the hours aft the ballot, Senator Price congratulated Ley and her newly-elected deputy, Ted O'Brien. 

‘While I americium disappointed Angus Taylor was not elected leader, I respect the determination made by my colleagues wrong the enactment country today,’ Price said.

‘I was contesting the presumption of lawman person connected a summons with Angus Taylor, and fixed the result with respect to the presumption of person of the Liberal Party, I chose not to contention the presumption of lawman leader.

‘I recognise that I americium caller to the party, and americium grateful that our enactment is 1 that afforded maine the accidental to see putting myself guardant for the presumption of lawman person successful those circumstances.

‘Ultimately, I privation the champion result for each Australians — that is wherefore I entered politics, and wherefore I proceed to service arsenic a subordinate of the Australian parliament.

‘So portion the result contiguous is not the 1 that I would person wanted, it successful nary mode lessens my committedness to the Liberal Party and the broader Coalition.

‘Nor does the result lessen my resoluteness to rebuild and fortify the Liberal Party.’

Senator Price insisted she would enactment with Ley and O'Brien to 'ensure the Coalition is simply a formidable Opposition to the Albanese Labor Government and presents a compelling alternate to the Australian nationalist astatine the adjacent election'. 

Her erstwhile enactment leader, Nationals brag David Littleproud, said helium inactive trusted Price contempt her defection.

‘Yes, I do. The world is … we gave Jacinta each enactment we perchance could. We were the archetypal ones to enactment her successful the “No” case,’ helium told the ABC connected Tuesday morning.

‘The world is that her ambitions transcend what the National Party tin provide. You can't beryllium the Prime Minister (in) the nationalist party, I judge that.

‘We're profoundly disappointed. We'll enactment done that process. This is much than astir my ego (or) anyone else's ego. This is astir the Australian people.’

It remains to beryllium seen whether caller person Ley volition manus Price a presumption successful the caller shadiness ministry.

Under Peter Dutton's enactment she served arsenic the Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians.