Senior Liberal figures are pitching themselves for leadership positions ahead of the coalition's impending partyroom showdown.
Northern Territory senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price announced on Sunday she will join leadership contender Angus Taylor's ticket and run as his deputy, just days after jumping ship from the Nationals.
The duo will battle current deputy leader Sussan Ley, who pushed her case in video clips released to media to try and build support for her candidacy.
Ahead of Tuesday's vote, Senator Nampijinpa Price posted a video on social media alongside Mr Taylor and claimed the party was in a good position to "come back strong".
"We have such passion for this country, for our party and for our coalition as a whole," she said.
"That's what I think Australians need to understand, that we're a team that's prepared to get out and fight."
Liberal senator Dave Sharma welcomed Senator Nampijinpa Price into the major coalition party, while acknowledging the Nationals may feel aggrieved by her defection.
"If she's been accepted into the Liberal party room, any of us can put our hands up as deputy leader, and I think the party room will decide that," Senator Sharma told Sky News.
Senator Nampijinpa Price has been accused of stoking culture wars, highlighted by her comment to "make Australia great again" during the campaign, evoking US President Donald Trump's rhetoric.
Nationals politicians, including Senator Canavan, have lashed Senator Price for the move, although she can choose which party room to sit in.
"Jacinta, if she wanted to do this, she could have done it a different way," he said.
"I also don't think it's fair for the Northern Territory people.
"She was elected over a week ago on a platform that she would sit in the National party room."
