Senator Jacqui Lambie says the Liberal Party should reconsider its partnership with the Nationals after the party’s primary vote dived in recent polling.
The Coalition received just 27 per cent of the primary vote in both this masthead’s Resolve Political Monitor and The Australian newspaper’s Newspoll.
“The Nationals are dragging them from wherever they need to go. If they go any further to the right than where they went before the last election, I don’t see how that’s possibly going to give them the numbers that they need in the future,” Lambie told Sky News.
Senator Jacqui Lambie.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen
“The way they’re going right now, I just see them sitting [in opposition] for the next three or four terms.”
Lambie said last week’s focus on Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s comments on migration from India had “really hurt” the Coalition, creating difficulty for Opposition Leader Sussan Ley.
“I hope Jacinta has a good look at herself because she can take some blame in that poll. Now, other people may not agree with that, but seriously, last week, that is all we heard about all week from the Liberal Party,” said Lambie, who founded her own party, the Jacqui Lambie Network.
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price in the Senate on September 3.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen
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