Jacinta Price has been offered an olive branch by the National Party, with Queensland Senator Matt Canavan saying the Northern Territory Senator would be “welcomed back with open arms” if she chose to rejoin the Nationals partyroom.

Senator Price angered her Nationals colleagues in May when she announced she was joining the Liberal partyroom, a move that saw the junior Coalition party stripped of official party status in the Senate.

However the outspoken MP has become embroiled in an ongoing dispute with senior Liberal figures after she claimed the Albanese government was increasing the number of Indian migrants to boost its vote.

Senator Price has since said she regrets the comments but has defended a social media post in which she accused Manager of Opposition Business Alex Hawke

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