5 h. ago Jacinta Price defects to Liberals, expected to run as Angus Taylor’s deputy

The shock move has effectively blown apart the Coalition, angering Liberal moderates and devastating the National Party.  

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5 h. ago Federal election results 2025 as it happened: Greens leader Adam Bandt concedes Melbourne seat; Ed Husic, Mark Dreyfus axed; Jacinta Price leaves Nationals; Kooyong race tightens

Follow live as we bring you all the news from the election aftermath and vote counting around Australia.

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8 h. ago Jacinta Price to defect to Liberals to join Angus Taylor’s leadership team

Price is a Country Liberal Party MP who has previously chosen to sit with the National Party.

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19 h. ago Ley gets backing from party elders as Liberal leadership battle grows hostile

Others are throwing their support behind shadow treasurer Angus Taylor, with duelling files being circulated by allies that threaten ongoing instability.

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54 h. ago Scrap nuclear: key Liberal senator wants radioactive energy plan buried

The move comes as deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley and shadow treasurer Angus Taylor approach immigration spokesman Dan Tehan to serve as deputy.

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3 d. ago The broken Liberals have a dilemma: was Angus Taylor the problem, or is he the solution?

Who can bring the party together? Nobody sounds convinced that Sussan Ley is the answer. Some are even more sceptical about Angus Taylor.

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3 d. ago Angus Taylor, Donald Trump blamed for Coalition’s devastating defeat

Liberal senator Hollie Hughes has ripped into shadow treasurer Angus Taylor, saying he is incapable of leading the party.

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2 w. ago A private dinner with Jacinta Price can cost $10,000. This is why

The first-term senator has delighted the Coalition’s base, but her recent star turn in the campaign has worried some of her colleagues.

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3 w. ago Happy snap! Jacinta Price poses in a MAGA cap for family Christmas selfie

A Christmas social media post has brought new tidings of the Liberal senator’s association with Donald Trump’s famous campaign slogan.

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3 w. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Albanese, Dutton launch campaigns; Jacinta Price wants to ‘make Australia great again’

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are launching the Labor and Liberal election campaigns. Follow live.

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3 w. ago Federal election 2025 as it happened: Albanese, Dutton launch campaigns; Jacinta Price wants to ‘make Australia great again’

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are launching the Labor and Liberal election campaigns. Follow live.

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3 w. ago Dutton had a decision to make. On Saturday, he chose Jacinta Price

The opposition leader could have reined in Price after she vowed to “make Australia great again”. Instead, Peter Dutton gave her carte blanche.

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3 w. ago As it happened: Jacinta Price vows to ‘make Australia great again’, PM slams Dutton’s ‘dangerous nonsense’ on defence

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are into week three of the federal election campaign. Follow live.

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3 w. ago 'Cut and paste from the United States': Jason Clare comments on Coalition

Labor campaign spokesman Jason Clare has leapt upon Coalition frontbencher Jacinta Price’s use of the Trump-inspired slogan “make Australia great again”, using it to tie Dutton to the US president.

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3 w. ago 'It is not an ode to Trump': Jacinta Price on public service job cuts

Senator Jacinta Price responds to a question about the 'department of government efficiency' which looks at the amount spent on public service jobs.

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3 w. ago Dutton deflects after being asked about Jacinta Price's comment

Opposition leader Peter Dutton deflects a question about Jacinta's Price's remarks on 'making Australia great again' at a presser in Perth.

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3 w. ago Jacinta Price says she wants to “make Australia great again”

Jacinta Price tells reporters that she wants to make Australia great again while speaking at a presser with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in Perth, in the seat of Tangney.

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4 w. ago Federal election 2025 as it happened: Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor go head

Read the live blog for rolling coverage of the second week of the 2025 federal election campaign.

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4 w. ago The leader who spoke loudest at the treasurers’ debate wasn’t even in the room

The first treasurers’ debate of the election campaign between Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor was dominated by one man: Donald Trump.

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4 w. ago Federal election 2025: Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor go head

Read the live blog for rolling coverage of the second week of the 2025 federal election campaign.

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