In their different ways, Liberal frontbenchers Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Alex Hawke are two bare-knuckle fighters.
Price, who switched from the Nationals in the (unachieved) hope of becoming deputy leader of the opposition, has made her career on cultivating a high profile by her outspokenness, culminating in her role in the “no” case in the Voice referendum.
Hawke is a factional brawler and enforcer. He used to be a Scott Morrison numbers man; now he protects Sussan Ley’s back. On the backbench under Peter Dutton, Ley made him industry spokesman, manager of opposition business in the House of Representatives and a member of the leadership group.
