Indigenous Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says ‘lots’ of Australians want her to be prime minister.

Speaking on Sky News after abandoning her bid to become deputy leader of the Liberal Party which saw Sussan Ley win the leadership ballot on Tuesday morning, Senator Price said she had broad support for the country’s top job.

Asked if she would consider moving from the Senate to the lower house so she could eventually run as Prime Minister, the NT Senator was not shy in her ambition, noting: “Well, there is that”.

“I know there’s a lot of Australians who’d love to see that,” she said.

It mirrors comments made by Nationals leader David Littleproud earlier on Tuesday, who said Senator Price’s career ambitions extended beyond the Coalition’s junior partner.

“The reality is that her ambitions exceed what the National Party can provide,” he told ABC’s AM.

“You can’t be the prime minister [by being in] the National Party, I accept that.”

I am sure advice from a very, very old man would not be welcomed, so I will say nothing.

But one thing:

Public opinion including approval and disapproval has a habit of waxing and waning. It is never constant.